This Act is administered in the Ministry of Commerce.
Title
1 Short Title and commencement
Part 1Amendments to Copyright Act 1994
2 Part to be part of Copyright Act 1994
3 Interpretation
4 Meaning of “issue to the public”
“issue to the public”
5 Meaning of “infringing copy”
“infringing copy”
6 Criminal liability for making or dealing with infringing objects
7 Definitions—border protection measures
8 Notices to Chief Executive concerning importations of parallel imports
9 No compensation for diminution in rights attaching to copyright
Part 2Amendments to Medicines Act 1981
10 Part to be part of Medicines Act 1981
11 Restrictions on sale or supply of new medicines
12 Distribution of changed medicines restricted
13 Duty of importer and manufacturer to have and produce specifications of medicines
An Act to amend the Copyright Act 1994 and the Medicines Act 1981 to—
(a) Remove the prohibition on parallel importing from the Copyright Act 1994; and
(b) Increase the penalties for importation of pirated copyright works and for breaching certain requirements of the Medicines Act 1981 in relation to the sale and distribution of medicines
BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows: