Music Users
Licences, Permits and Other Forms
| 1. Mechanical Music | Cost |
| 1st 40 seats | $ 7.67 per seat per year |
| Next 40 seats | $ 4.38 per seat per year |
| Additional seats | $ 2.19 per seat per year |
| 2. Live & Mechanical Music (LOW) – where either karaoke OR live entertainment is provided, but not both | |
| 1st 40 seats | $ 19.71 per seat per year |
| Next 40 seats | $ 15.33 per seat per year |
| Additional seats | $ 8.21 per seat per year |
| 3. Live & Mechanical Music (HIGH) – where BOTH karaoke & live entertainment are provided | |
| 1st 40 seats | $ 24.09 per seat per year |
| Next 40 seats | $ 20.81 per seat per year |
| Additional seats | $ 15.33 per seat per year |
| 4. Video Wall/Screen | $ 42.71 per diagonal inch per year |
| 5. Video Monitors | $ 321.96 per video source per year (maximum 5 TV units per source) |
| additional TV units at $53.66 per unit per year | |
| 6. Jukebox | |
| a) Stand-alone units | $ 537.00 per unit per year |
| b) Linked to relay speakers* | Licence fees based on live or mechanical music tariffs above (see 1, 2 & 3) |
| *Note: If jukebox is coin-operated and linked to relay speakers, the sums payable should be computed based on 6(b) or a minimum of $537.00, whichever is higher | |
Annual licence fees are subject to a minimum charge of $255.
Notes
(1) Applications and payments must be received by our office at least 5 working days prior to commencement of the licence year.
(2) The licence fee payable for the first year of the licence will be 50% higher where the music user has not obtained COMPASS’s music licence before performing musical works in public, without prejudice to any claims by COMPASS for past unlicensed usage of musical works.
(3) Licence fees are subject to late payment interest of 10% per annum, with late interest payment for each applicable licence year calculated commencing from the first day of that licence year.
(4) COMPASS reserves the sole discretion to decide which tariff scheme applies for the music usage.
(5) Rates are subject to GST.