Chris Ellison (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Justice and Customs) Share this | Hansard source

In relation to the effect of amendment (21) on section 40 of the act, the amendment defines with certainty what works can be so copied. It also defines with certainty how much of such works is a reasonable portion that can be copied. The existing section 40 does not provide anyone with the certainty that we think it should, and we believe that this amendment makes it even clearer. You heard Senator Ludwig say that the 10 per cent relates to words for electronic works and to pages for hard-copy works. We believe that this amendment does improve section 40 for those reasons, and I think that it is highly desirable that we have a clearer understanding of how that section 40 works for both the copyright holder and the user. They know exactly where they stand with this amendment.

Question agreed to.