46 Application Supplement to Qfficial Gazette [21st April 20 14] 2. (1) The provisions of this Act shall apply to works, perfonnances, phonograms and broadcasts created before or after the commencement of this Act, provided that the period of protection had not expired under the laws of Seychelles or the laws of the country of origin of such works, performances, phonograms or broadcasts that are to be protected under an international treaty to which the Republic of Seychelles is a party. (2) The provisions of thisAct shall not affect contracts on works, performances, phonograms and broadcasts concluded before the commencement ofthisAct. Interpretation 3. In thisAct, unless the context othenvise requires,"audio-visual work" means a work that consists of a series of related images which impart the impression of motion, with or without accompanying solmds, susceptible of being made visible, and where accompanied by sounds, susceptible of being made audible; "author" means the natural person who has created the work; "broadcasting" means the col11111unication of a work, a performance or a phonogram to the public by wireless transmission, including transmission by satellite; "circumvent technological protection measmes" means to avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, or impair these measures, including descrambling a scrambled work or object of related right or decrypting an encrypted work or object of related right; "communication to the public" means the transmission by wire or by wireless means of a