Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 Explanatory Notes

Printed Publications

Section 4:Printed publications: the British Library

13.This section re-enacts the entitlement of the British Library Board to receive a copy of every work published in print. The copy must be delivered to the British Library within a month of publication; the copy must be of the same quality as the best copies published in the United Kingdom at that time; and the British Library Board must provide a receipt for the deposited printed works received.

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