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196 :::(B) whether or not the person also has the licence of the relevant rights owner to do the act; and
 * (b) done for the service of the Government.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b)—
 * (a) where the Government agrees or arranges with another country to supply goods to that country for its defence, the following acts are taken to be for the service of the Government:
 * (i) any act done in connection with supplying those goods under the agreement or arrangement;
 * (ii) the sale of any of those goods that are not required under the agreement or arrangement; and
 * (b) copying an authorial work for the teaching purposes of an educational institution of, or under the control of, the Government is not an act done for the service of the Government.

Public act is permitted use

285.—(1) A public act in relation to a work or protected performance is a permitted use.

(2) As soon as practicable after a public act is done, the Government must—
 * (a) inform the relevant rights owner; and
 * (b) give the rights owner any information that the rights owner may reasonably require from time to time.

(3) However, subsection (2) does not require the Government to do anything that it considers to be against the public interest.

Terms for doing public act

286.—(1) The terms for doing a public act are to be—
 * (a) agreed between the Government and the rights owner (whether before or after the act is done); or
 * (b) in default of agreement, decided by a Copyright Tribunal.