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Public and Educational Lending Rights (Better Income for Authors) Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions Act 2026

Act No. 46 of 2026 · Assented 20 May 2026

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In brief

Deals with flow-on and changeover matters arising from the new public and educational lending rights law, which concerns payments to authors for library lending.

Who's affected

  • Authors, illustrators and publishers
  • Public and educational libraries
  • The lending rights committee and administrators

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