1 Title
2 Commencement
3 Principal Act
4 Section 35 amended (Infringement by importation)
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:
This Act is the Copyright (Parallel Importing of Films) Amendment Act 2013.
This Act comes into force on 31 October 2013.
This Act amends the Copyright Act 1994 (the principal Act).
(1) Replace section 35(3)(a) and (b) with:
“(a) imports a copy of the film into New Zealand within 5 months of the date that the film is first made available to the public; and “(b) knows or has reason to believe that the film is imported into New Zealand within 5 months of that date; and”.
“(a) imports a copy of the film into New Zealand within 5 months of the date that the film is first made available to the public; and
“(b) knows or has reason to believe that the film is imported into New Zealand within 5 months of that date; and”.
(2) In section 35(5), replace “31 October 2013” with “31 October 2016”.
“31 October 2013”
“31 October 2016”
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.