[F131F Sections 31A to 31BB: interpretation and generalU.K.
(1)This section supplements sections 31A to 31BB and includes definitions.
(2)“Disabled person” means a person who has a physical or mental impairment which prevents the person from enjoying a copyright work to [F2substantially] the same degree as a person who does not have that impairment, and “disability” is to be construed accordingly.
(3)But a person is not to be regarded as disabled by reason only of an impairment of visual function which can be improved, [F3for example] by the use of corrective lenses, to a level that is normally acceptable for reading without a special level or kind of light.
(4)An “accessible copy” of a copyright work means a version of the work which enables [F4disabled persons to access the work, including accessing it as feasibly and comfortably as a person who is not a disabled person].
(5)An accessible copy—
(a)may include facilities for navigating around the version of the work, but
(b)must not include any changes to the work which are not necessary to overcome the problems suffered by the disabled persons for whom the accessible copy is intended.
(6)“Authorised body” means—
(a)an educational establishment, or
(b)a body that is not conducted for profit.
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(8)To the extent that a term of a contract purports to prevent or restrict the doing of any act which, by virtue of section [F627,] 31A, 31B or 31BA, would not infringe copyright, that term is unenforceable.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 31F substituted (1.6.2014) by The Copyright and Rights in Performances (Disability) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1384), regs. 1(1), 2(5) (with Sch. para. 9)
F2Word in s. 31F(2) inserted (11.10.2018) by The Copyright and Related Rights (Marrakesh Treaty etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/995), regs. 1(2), 8(2)
F3Words in s. 31F(3) inserted (11.10.2018) by The Copyright and Related Rights (Marrakesh Treaty etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/995), regs. 1(2), 8(3)
F4Words in s. 31F(4) substituted (11.10.2018) by The Copyright and Related Rights (Marrakesh Treaty etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/995), regs. 1(2), 8(4)
F5S. 31F(7) omitted (11.10.2018) by virtue of The Copyright and Related Rights (Marrakesh Treaty etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/995), regs. 1(2), 8(5)
F6Word in s. 31F(8) inserted (11.10.2018) by The Copyright and Related Rights (Marrakesh Treaty etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/995), regs. 1(2), 8(6)