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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-copying-by-librarians-and-archivists-regulations-1989/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1009",
  "legislation_title": "The Copyright (Copying by Librarians and Archivists) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-copying-by-librarians-and-archivists-regulations-1989",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations–\n“the Act” means the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988;\n“the archivist” means the archivist of a prescribed archive;\n“the librarian” means the librarian of a prescribed library;\n“prescribed archive” means an archive of the descriptions specified in paragraph (4) of regulation 3 below;\n“prescribed library” means a library of the descriptions specified in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of regulation 3 below.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1009/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:42:50.892547+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}