Public Lending Right Scheme 2016
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6 Eligible publisher
(1) The Committee may, in writing, determine that a person is an eligible publisher of a book. (2) The person must have published the book in Australia. (3) The person must also be one of the following: (a) a person: (i) whose business consists wholly or substantially of the publication of books; and (ii) who regularly publishes books in Australia; (b) a person who owns or controls an undertaking: (i) which consists wholly or substantially of the publication of books; and (ii) which regularly publishes books in Australia; (c) a creator of a book mentioned in paragraph 5(2)(a); (d) a non‑profit Australian organisation that published the book to advance its aims or objectives. (4) In this section, regularly publishes means publishing new works or revised editions at least once in the preceding three‑year period. (5) For the avoidance of doubt, regularly publishes does not include the reprinting of books.