Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000

Copying by librarians or archivists for certain purposes.

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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.