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Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003

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14Interpretation

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In this Act—

  • “the 1988 Act” means the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48);

  • “database right” has the meaning given by regulation 13(1) of the Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/3032);

  • “deposit library” means any of the British Library Board and the authorities controlling—

    (a)

    the National Library of Scotland,

    (b)

    the National Library of Wales,

    (c)

    the Bodleian Library, Oxford,

    (d)

    the University Library, Cambridge,

    (e)

    the Library of Trinity College, Dublin;

  • “electronic publication” means an on line or off line publication including any publication in electronic form (within the meaning given by section 178 of the 1988 Act);

  • “film” has the meaning given by section 5B of the 1988 Act;

  • “medium” means any medium of publication, including in particular any form of on line or off line publication;

  • “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State;

  • “publication”, in relation to a work—

    (a)

    means the issue of copies of the work to the public, and

    (b)

    includes making the work available to the public by means of an electronic retrieval system;

    and related expressions are to be interpreted accordingly;

  • “publication right” has the meaning given by regulation 16(1) of the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/2967);

  • “sound recording” has the meaning given by section 5A of the 1988 Act.

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