“2 Commencement

• These regulations come into force on 1 January 2009.”

“3 Interpretation

• In these regulations, unless the context requires another meaning,—

  “Act means the Public Lending Right for New Zealand Authors Act 2008

  “illustration includes a photograph

  “Statistician has the meaning given to it by section 2 of the Statistics Act 1975.”

• “(2) A book that is intended for children must contain at least 24 pages of text or text and illustrations.”

• “(7) A book that is a translation must comply with whichever of subclauses (2) to (6) applies to it.”

• “(4) Subclause (5) applies if the author's work is in a publication that—

  • “(a) has an editor; and

  • “(b) consists of works that—

    • “(i) are written; and

    • “(ii) are written by more than 1 author; and

    • “(iii) may be fiction or non-fiction; and

    • “(iv) may or may not contain illustrations.

• “(5) The author—

  • “(a) must be the editor of the publication; and

  • “(b) must have written at least 48 of the pages in the publication.”

“9 How New Zealand libraries are to be surveyed or sampled

• “(1) The number of copies of a book that is by a New Zealand author who has entered his or her name in the register and that is held by 1 or more New Zealand libraries must be determined by regular surveys of New Zealand libraries.

  “(2) The surveys may be of—

  • “(a) samples of New Zealand libraries; or

  • “(b) all New Zealand libraries.

  “(3) The chief executive must do the surveys in accordance with the advice of the Statistician on—

  • “(a) how often to do the surveys; and

  • “(b) the design of the surveys.

  “(4) If a book is published in more than one volume because of its size, a survey must count it as a single book.

  “(5) If a book is published in more than one volume because each volume contains a different component, a survey must count each volume as a separate book.

  “(6) Subclause (7) applies to a book that has been included in 3 consecutive surveys and has not shown in any of the surveys as being held in 1 or more New Zealand libraries in at least 50 copies.

  “(7) The book may be included in a survey again only if an investigation under regulation 12(3) establishes that there is a good reason for including the book in a survey again.”

• “(b) total number of copies means the total number of copies of books for which New Zealand authors are entitled to payments in the year, determined by a survey under regulation 9.”