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Copyright Act 2021 s 205

s 205 Performances by students or staff of educational institutions, etc.

205.—(1) If the conditions in subsection (2) are met, it is a permitted use to perform a musical work in public. (2) The conditions are —(a) the work is performed for an audience by the students or staff of an educational institution (whether on the premises of the institution or elsewhere); and (b) the performance is in the course of the institution’s activities. (3) If the conditions in subsection (4) are met, it is a permitted use to perform a literary or dramatic work in public. (4) The conditions are —(a) the work is performed for an audience by the students or staff of an educational institution (whether on the premises of the institution or elsewhere); (b) the audience is limited to —(i) persons who teach or study at the institution; and (ii) persons directly connected with the institution; and (c) the performance is in the course of the institution’s activities. (5) If the conditions in subsection (6) are met, it is a permitted use to —(a) cause the visual images or sounds that are part of any of the following works to be seen or heard in public (or both):(i) a sound recording; (ii) a film; (iii) a television broadcast; (iv) a cable programme; or (b) cause a protected performance to be seen or heard (or both) live in public. (6) The conditions are —(a) the images or sounds are caused, by the students or staff of an educational institution, to be seen or heard by an audience (whether on the premises of the institution or elsewhere); (b) the audience is limited to —(i) persons who teach or study at the institution; and (ii) persons directly connected with the institution; and (c) the images are caused to be seen, or the sounds are caused to be heard, in the course of the institution’s activities. (7) For the purposes of this section —(a) a person is directly connected with an educational institution if he or she is a parent, a guardian, or a sibling of a student of the institution; and (b) the staff of an educational institution includes —(i) any adjunct staff of the institution; and (ii) any person engaged by the institution to conduct any course of instruction, activity or programme of or offered by the institution.

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