The public library service
8Restriction on charges for library facilities
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.