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Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000
Copying by librarians or archivists for certain purposes.
66.—(1) The librarian or archivist of a prescribed library or prescribed archive may, where the prescribed conditions are complied with, make F59[, or cause to be made,] a copy of a work in the permanent collection of the library or archive—
(a) for the purposes of obtaining insurance cover for the works concerned;
(b) for purposes of security;
(c) for the purposes of compiling or preparing a catalogue F59[(including a published catalogue relating to an exhibition)];
(d) for exhibition in the library or archive; or
(e) for the purposes of informing the public of an exhibition,
without infringing any copyright in the work, in any illustrations accompanying the work, or in the typographical arrangement.
F60[(2) This section shall apply to copying—
(a) conducted for the curatorial purposes referred to in subsection (1),
(b) to an extent reasonably justified by the non-commercial purpose to be achieved, and
(c) accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F59
Inserted (2.12.2019) by Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Act 2019 (19/2019), s. 17(a)(i), (ii), S.I. No. 586 of 2019.
F60
Substituted (2.12.2019) by Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Act 2019 (19/2019), s. 17(b), S.I. No. 586 of 2019.