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Entertainment Industry Act 2013
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> > (1) In this Act—
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> > authorised officer—see section 26.
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> > business day means a day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a public holiday throughout New South Wales.
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> > capped amount—see section 9.
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> > civil penalty order means an order under section 43.
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> > code of conduct means the code of conduct for performer representatives set out in Schedule 1.
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> > director of a corporation means a person who is a director of a corporation within the meaning of the [Corporations Act 2001](http://www.legislation.gov.au/) of the Commonwealth.
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> > entertainment industry agreement means an agreement between a performer and a performer representative for the performer representative to provide one or more of the services referred to in section 5.
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> > entertainment industry hirer means a person who engages or contracts any performer for the purpose of a performance.
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> > entertainment industry managerial agreement—see section 10.
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> > entertainment industry prohibition order—see section 25 (2).
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> > entertainment industry representative means a performer representative or a venue representative.
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> > function includes a power, authority or duty and exercise a function includes perform a duty.
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> > industrial court means an industrial court within the meaning of Part 1 of Chapter 7 of the [Industrial Relations Act 1996](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1996-017).
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> > performance means—
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> > > (a) a performance that is given in any place or by the use of any medium for the transmission of sound or images, or both, or
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> > > (b) a performance that is recorded for the purpose of using the recording in any place or for the transmission of sound or images, or both,
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> > and one of the purposes of which is the financial benefit of an entertainment industry hirer or performer, or both.
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> > performer means any actor, singer, dancer, acrobat, model, musician or other performer of any kind who enters an entertainment industry agreement with a performer representative.
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> > performer representative—see section 5.
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> > Secretary means the Secretary of the Department of Customer Service.
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> > show cause notice means a notice served by the Secretary under section 24.
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> > unlawful conduct means conduct by a performer representative that constitutes—
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> > > (a) a breach of the code of conduct, or
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> > > (b) a breach of a term of an undertaking given by the performer representative under section 21, or
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> > > (c) a contravention of a provision of this Act or the regulations, whether or not any proceedings have been brought in respect of the contravention.
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> > venue representative—see section 15.
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> > (2) In this Act, a reference to an award or industrial agreement is a reference to an award or industrial agreement relating to the employment of performers in the entertainment industry.
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> > (3) Notes included in this Act do not form part of this Act.
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> **s 4:** Am 2022 No 59, Sch 3.20.