# The Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997, Regulation 16: Acts infringing database right

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

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Part, a person infringes database right in a database if, without the consent of the owner of the right, he extracts or re-utilises all or a substantial part of the contents of the database.
(2) For the purposes of this Part, the repeated and systematic extraction or re-utilisation of insubstantial parts of the contents of a database may amount to the extraction or re-utilisation of a substantial part of those contents.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3032/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-and-rights-in-databases-regulations-1997/regulation-16
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