Copyright Amendment Act 2006 now in force

• Schedule 6 (private copying, “special case” exception, fair dealing, parody and satire, libraries)
• Schedule 7 (maker of communication)
• Schedule 8 (responses to Digital agenda Review: educational institutions)
• Schedules 10 and 11 (Copyright Tribunal);

• Schedule 9 (encoded broadcasts): 28 days after Royal Assent; and
• Schedules 1 to 5 (new criminal provisions and enforcement measures) and Schedule 12 (technological protection measures): 1 January 2007

Further information

• our information sheet on the Copyright Amendment Act: click here.
• Attorney-General's Department fact sheets: click here.
• government's response to frequently asked questions: click here
  
• Attorney-General's media release of 6 December: click here.
  
• inquiry of the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs into the Copyright Amendment Bill 2006: click here.
  
• a consolidated version of the Copyright Amendment Act 2006 is available from here (scroll to Copyright Amendment Act 2006).