Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person contravenes this section unless the person causes to be delivered to the National Library, before the end of the delivery period for the National Library material, a copy of the material that:
(a) is a copy of the whole of the material (including any illustrations, drawings, engravings, photographs and audio - visual elements); and
(b) if the copy was requested under section 195CC--is in the electronic form in which the material was available online; and
(c) if the copy is in an electronic form:
(i) is free from any technological protection measure; and
(ii) is accompanied by any software or additional information necessary for the National Library to access the material from the copy; and
(d) if the copy is in hardcopy form:
(i) is finished and coloured, and bound, sewed, stitched or otherwise fastened together, in the same manner as the best copies of the material are supplied to the public; and
(ii) is on the best paper on which the material is printed; and
(e) is delivered at the person's own expense, unless the copy was requested under section 195CC and the request stated otherwise; and
(f) meets the requirements (if any) prescribed by the National Library Minister for the purposes of this paragraph.
(2) The delivery period , for National Library material, starts on:
(a) for material published in a way covered by paragraph 195CB(1)(a)--the day it was so published; or
(b) for material requested under section 195CC--the day the request was made;
and ends 1 month later or on a later day allowed by the Director - General of the National Library.
Note: This section could apply twice, with separate delivery periods, if material published in Australia but not available online later became available online and was requested under section 195CC more than 1 month after it was published.