Article 17 - Entertainers - Australia

ARTICLE 17 ENTERTAINERS 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 14 and 15, income derived by residents of one of the Contracting States as entertainers, such as theatre, motion picture, radio or television artistes, musicians and athletes, from their personal activities as such exercised in the other Contracting State, may be taxed in that other State. 2. Where income in respect of the personal activities of an entertainer as such accrues not to that entertainer but to another person, that income may, notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 7, 14 and 15, be taxed in the Contracting State in which the activities of the entertainer are exercised. 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, income derived by an entertainer who is a resident of one of the Contracting States, from the entertainer's personal activities as such exercised in the other Contracting State, shall be taxable only in the first mentioned Contracting State if the activities in the other Contracting State are supported wholly or substantially from the public funds of the first mentioned Contracting State, including any of its political subdivisions or local authorities. 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2 and Articles 7, 14 and 15, where income in respect of personal activities exercised by an entertainer in the entertainer's capacity as such in one of the Contracting States accrues not to the entertainer but to another person, that income shall be taxable only in the other Contracting State if that other person is supported wholly or substantially from the public funds of that other State, including any of its political subdivisions or local authorities.