The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations 2013

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003;

“computer terminal” means a terminal on library premises controlled by the deposit library from which a reader is permitted to view relevant material;

“database right” has the same meaning as in regulation 13 of the Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997(1);

“IP address” means internet protocol address;

“permanent collection” means the permanent collection held by a deposit library of non-print work delivered or copied under these Regulations;

“personal data” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Data Protection Act 1998(2);

“publisher” means, in relation to a work to which the Act applies, the person to whom the obligation in section 1(1) of the Act applies in respect of that work;

“web harvester” means a computer program which is used to search the internet in order to request delivery of on line work on behalf of a deposit library;

a reference to “in writing” includes text which is—

(a) transmitted by electronic means;

(b) received in legible form; and

(c) capable of being used for subsequent reference;

a reference to a deposit library (whether or not to a specific deposit library) includes a person acting on behalf of the deposit library.

(1)

S.I. 1997/3032.

(2)

1998 c.29.