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

PART 1Introductory

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations 2013.

(2) They come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.

Interpretation

2.—(1) 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;

(2) 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;

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

3.  In regulations 20 and 23 to 31 references to a deposit library include reference to the Faculty of Advocates.