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(1)Except as provided by this section, no charge shall be made by a library authority (otherwise than to another library authority) for library facilities made available by the authority.
(2)A library authority may make a charge not exceeding such amount as may be specified in that behalf by the Secretary of State—
(a)for notifying a person that a book or other article reserved by him has become available for borrowing, or
(b)in respect of failure to return a book or other article before the end of the period for which it was lent.
(3)A library authority may make a charge for the borrowing of any article, except that where under section 7(1) above the authority is under a duty to make facilities for borrowing available to a person the authority shall not charge that person for borrowing—
(a)a book, journal, pamphlet or similar article, or
(b)a reproduction made by photographic or other means of title whole or a part of any such article.
(4)A library authority may make a charge for supplying book catalogues or indexes, or any similar articles, where the articles become the property of the persons to whom they are supplied.
(5)Where facilities made available to any person by a library authority go beyond those ordinarily provided by the authority as part of the library service the authority may make a charge for the provision of those facilities.
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