Regulation 6 Meaning of “database”I1

After section 3 insert—

“Databases

3A

(1)

In this Part “database” means a collection of independent works, data or other materials which—

(a)

are arranged in a systematic or methodical way, and

(b)

are individually accessible by electronic or other means.

(2)

For the purposes of this Part a literary work consisting of a database is original if, and only if, by reason of the selection or arrangement of the contents of the database the database constitutes the author’s own intellectual creation.”.