New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
(1) Author means a person who—
(a) satisfies subsection (2); and
(b) satisfies whichever of subsections (3) to (5) is applicable to him or her; and
(c) is not excluded from being an author by any of subsections (6) to (8); and
(d) satisfies conditions applicable to him or her added to this definition by regulations, if there are any such regulations.
(2) Author means a natural person.
(3) If a book's intellectual content is expressed only in text, author means a person who created the text.
(4) If a book's intellectual content is expressed only in illustrations, author means a person who created the illustrations.
(5) If a book's intellectual content is expressed in text and in illustrations, author means both a person who created the text and a person who created the illustrations.
(6) Author does not include a person who writes or illustrates a book as part of his or her duties under a contract of service or a contract for services.
(7) Author does not include a person who receives payment for writing or illustrating a book wholly by way of a fee.
(8) Author does not include a person who paid a third party to publish the person's book.
