No. 125, 2009
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................ 2
2............ Commencement.................................................................................. 2
3............ Definitions.......................................................................................... 3
4............ Act binds the Crown.......................................................................... 4
5............ External Territories............................................................................. 5
Part 2--Resale royalty right 6
Division 1--When does resale royalty right arise? 6
6............ Resale royalty right............................................................................ 6
7............ What is an artwork?........................................................................... 6
8............ What is commercial resale of an artwork?......................................... 7
9............ No resale royalty right on certain works............................................ 7
10.......... No resale royalty right unless consideration above threshold............ 8
11.......... Resale royalty right on artworks in existence when Act commences. 8
Division 2--Who holds resale royalty right? 9
12.......... Who holds resale royalty right?.......................................................... 9
13.......... Meaning of identified........................................................................ 10
14.......... Residency test.................................................................................. 11
15.......... Succession test.................................................................................. 11
16.......... Share of resale royalty right where there is more than one artist..... 12
17.......... Presumptions in relation to artist..................................................... 13
Division 3--Rate of resale royalty 14
18.......... Rate of resale royalty....................................................................... 14
Division 4--Liability to pay resale royalty 15
19.......... Resale royalty a debt due to holders of resale royalty right............. 15
20.......... Liability to pay resale royalty.......................................................... 15
21.......... When does the liability to pay resale royalty arise?........................ 15
Division 5--Collecting resale royalty 16
22.......... Collecting society to publish notice of the commercial resale of an artwork on its website 16
23.......... Collection of resale royalty by the collecting society...................... 16
24.......... Presumptions to be made in enforcement proceedings brought by the collecting society 17
25.......... Resale royalty right under this Act only enforceable in Australian jurisdiction 17
26.......... If resale royalty is paid to the collecting society.............................. 17
27.......... Notice of resale royalty right............................................................ 18
28.......... Notice of commercial resale.............................................................. 18
29.......... Requesting information about the commercial resale of an artwork. 19
30.......... Recovery of amount wrongly paid by the collecting society........... 20
31.......... Return of unclaimed resale royalty................................................... 21
Division 6--Other characteristics of resale royalty right 22
32.......... Duration of resale royalty right........................................................ 22
33.......... Resale royalty right absolutely inalienable....................................... 22
34.......... Waiver etc......................................................................................... 22
Part 3--The collecting society 23
35.......... Appointment of the collecting society............................................. 23
36.......... Revocation of appointment.............................................................. 24
37.......... Annual report and accounts.............................................................. 24
38.......... Amendment of rules......................................................................... 25
Part 4--Civil penalties 27
Division 1--Obtaining an order for a civil penalty 27
39.......... Court may order person to pay pecuniary penalty for contravening civil penalty provision 27
40.......... What is a civil penalty provision?..................................................... 28
41.......... Contravening a civil penalty provision is not an offence................. 28
42.......... Persons involved in contravening civil penalty provision................ 28
43.......... Recovery of a pecuniary penalty..................................................... 29
Division 2--Civil penalty proceedings and criminal proceedings 30
44.......... Civil proceedings after criminal proceedings.................................... 30
45.......... Criminal proceedings during civil proceedings.................................. 30
46.......... Criminal proceedings after civil proceedings.................................... 30
47.......... Evidence given in proceedings for penalty not admissible in criminal proceedings 30
Part 5--Miscellaneous 32
48.......... Offence--unauthorised dealing with information............................. 32
49.......... Review by Administrative Appeals Tribunal.................................. 33
50.......... Jurisdiction of Federal Court............................................................ 33
51.......... Jurisdiction of the Federal Magistrates Court.................................. 33
52.......... Additional effect of Act.................................................................... 34
53.......... Regulations....................................................................................... 34
Resale Royalty Right for Visual Artists Act 2009
No. 125, 2009
An Act to create a right to resale royalty in relation to artworks, and for related purposes
[Assented to 9 December 2009]
The Parliament of Australia enacts: