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(b) made from a broadcast of, or cable programme including, the performance; or
(c) made directly or indirectly from another recording of the performance;
and “record” shall be construed accordingly.
(2) Any reference in this Part to the consent of a performer shall be construed, in relation
to a performance by a group of performers, to consent given by—
(a) the member of the group who is generally regarded as the group’s leader; or
(b) any person to whom the group has given, expressly or impliedly, authority to give such
consent.
(3) Any reference in this Part to the doing of anything in relation to a performance includes
the doing of that thing in relation to a substantial part of the performance.
69 Application of Part VII: qualifying performances
This Part shall apply to—
(a) any performance which is given in Zimbabwe or in a designated country; and
(b) any performance which is given elsewhere than in Zimbabwe or a designated country,
if—
(i) it is given by a performer who at the time was—
A. a citizen of Zimbabwe or a designated country; or
B. domiciled or ordinarily resident in Zimbabwe or a designated country;
or
(ii) it is the subject of an exclusive recording contract under which the holder of
recording rights is—
A. a citizen of Zimbabwe or a designated country; or
B. domiciled or ordinarily resident in Zimbabwe or a designated country; or
C. a body corporate incorporated under the law of Zimbabwe or a designated
country.
70 Performers’ rights
(1) Subject to this Part, a performer has the right to prevent the unauthorised exploitation
of any qualifying performance given by him.
(2) A performer’s right in terms of subsection (1) is infringed by a person who, without the
performer’s consent—
(a) makes a recording of a qualifying performance; or
(b) broadcasts a qualifying performance live or includes it live in a cable programme
service; or
(c) by means of an illicit recording, broadcasts a qualifying performance or includes it in a
cable programme service; or
(d) imports an illicit recording of a qualifying performance into Zimbabwe or exports it
from Zimbabwe, otherwise than for his personal and private use; or
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