Regulation 3 Descriptions of libraries and archives

The descriptions of libraries specified in Part A of Schedule 1 to these Regulations are prescribed for the purposes of sections 38 and 39 of the Act:

Provided that any library conducted for profit shall not be a prescribed library for the purposes of those sections.

All libraries in the United Kingdom are prescribed for the purposes of sections 41, 42 and 43 of the Act as libraries which may make and supply copies of any material to which those sections relate.

Any library of a description specified in Part A of Schedule 1 to these Regulations which is not conducted for profit and any library of the description specified in Part B of that Schedule which is not conducted for profit are prescribed for the purposes of sections 41 and 42 of the Act as libraries for which copies of any material to which those sections relate may be made and supplied by a prescribed library.

All archives in the United Kingdom are prescribed for the purposes of sections 42 and 43 of the Act as archives which may make and supply copies of any material to which those sections relate and any archive within the United Kingdom which is not conducted for profit is prescribed for the purposes of section 42 of the Act as an archive for which copies of any material to which that section relates may be made and supplied by a prescribed archive.

In this regulation “conducted for profit”, in relation to a library or archive, means a library or archive which is established or conducted for profit or which forms part of, or is administered by, a body established or conducted for profit.