# The Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997, Regulation 13: Database right

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) A property right (“database right”) subsists, in accordance with this Part, in a database if there has been a substantial investment in obtaining, verifying or presenting the contents of the database.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) it is immaterial whether or not the database or any of its contents is a copyright work, within the meaning of Part I of the 1988 Act.
(3) This Regulation has effect subject to Regulation 18.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3032/regulation/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-and-rights-in-databases-regulations-1997/regulation-13
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