Community Halls
The Community Halls Scheme has been developed for those who operate community halls not owned by the local Council. This may be a church hall, a scout/guide hall, a school of arts hall or any other type of community hall.
Halls owned by a local Council are licensed under the Councils scheme available HERE.
This Rate Setting Guide describes how OneMusic Australia (OneMusic) sets the rates under the Community Halls Scheme. For more information about how OneMusic fixes rates and determines rate structures more generally, please see the Rate Setting Guide - General Background available HERE.
This scheme provides coverage for the use of our music in these licensing categories:
- Music for Community Halls
- Premium Live Performances
1. Music for Community Halls
Under the Community Halls Scheme, the Music for Community Halls licence category is for all Background Music from any source used by you or someone who has hired the Hall, plus performances by Live Artist Performers at any event or function at the Hall (including to exhibit music videos).
Background Music means OneMusic’s music played from radios and CD players, and music and music videos played from smartphones, tablets, TV screens and other devices where music is not a prominent feature of the entertainment at the Community Hall or event
A Live Artist Performer is any performer participating in the performance of OneMusic’s music including featured and back up singers, musicians, DJs, electronic music artists, dancers. Where Gross Expenditure on Live Artist Performers for an event is more than $6,000 this is a Premium Live Performance (see below).
Gross Expenditure on Live Artist Performers means the total of all salaries, wages, profit shares, allowances and accommodation, travel and other expenses (but excluding GST), of the Live Artist Performer or their agent, manager, assistant, or associate.
Rate Structure:
The rate structure for Music for Community Halls is a Day Rate calculated by reference to the Community Hall’s Capacity. The annual fee will therefore be dependent on the capacity of the hall and the number of days of operation.
The Community Hall Capacity means the total capacity (number of persons) of the Community Hall licensed by the relevant Local Government Authority or Fire Department, in units of 100.
Rate:
The prior structure for the APRA AMCOS rate was on a per event basis while the PPCA rate was on a per day of operation basis (both calculated by reference to capacity). Following a consultation process with existing licensees that took place between 2017 and 2019, the OneMusic rate structure was introduced to apply a per day of operation fee for both APRA AMCOS and PPCA rights. In addition, OneMusic increased the expenditure threshold where an additional fee for live performances would apply. Given these changes, and because the rates under the previous licence scheme had not been increased for decades, OneMusic agreed that an increased daily rate would be phased in over a period of three years.
2. Premium Live Performances
The Premium Live Performances licence category covers performances in the Community Hall that are considered Premium.
A Premium live performance means when the when the Gross Expenditure on Live Artist Performers for a single event is more than $6,000.
Rate Structure:
The rate structure for Premium Live Performances is a day rate calculated by reference to the Community Hall’s Capacity and the total number of days of operation. The annual fee will therefore be dependent on the capacity of the hall and the number of days in the year when Premium Live Performances occur.
The Community Hall Capacity means the total capacity (number of persons) of the Community Hall licensed by the relevant Local Government Authority or Fire Department, in units of 100.
Rate:
For ease of reporting and compliance for this particular often volunteer and non-commercial based sector, the rates were converted from the Hotels percentage-based rate for live music (based on artist expenditure) to a simple per-day rate and then discounted.