{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-designs-and-patents-act-1988/schedule-2/paragraph-6B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-designs-and-patents-act-1988/schedule-2/paragraph-6B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/48",
  "legislation_title": "Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-designs-and-patents-act-1988",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/6B",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6B",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The rights conferred by this Chapter are not infringed by the lending of copies of a recording of a performance by a ... library or archive (other than a public library) which is not conducted for profit.\n(A1) The rights conferred by this Chapter are not infringed by the following acts by a public library in relation to a book within the public lending right scheme—\n(a) lending the book;\n(b) in relation to an audio-book or e-book, copying or issuing a copy of the book as an act incidental to lending it.\n(A2) Expressions used in sub-paragraph (A1) have the same meaning as in section 40A(1).\n( 2 ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 6B inserted (1.12.1996) by S.I. 1996/2967, reg. 20(3) (with Pt. III)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 6B(1) substituted (1.2.2006) by The Performances (Moral Rights, etc.) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/18), reg. 2, Sch. para. 9 (with reg. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 para. 6B(1) omitted (1.6.2014) by virtue of The Copyright and Rights in Performances (Research, Education, Libraries and Archives) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1372), reg. 1, Sch. para. 8(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 6B(A1)(A2) inserted (30.6.2014) by Digital Economy Act 2010 (c. 24), ss. 43(8)(a), 47(3)(d); S.I. 2014/1659, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 6B(2) omitted (1.6.2014) by virtue of The Copyright and Rights in Performances (Research, Education, Libraries and Archives) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1372), reg. 1, Sch. para. 8(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 6B modified (1.12.1996) by S.I. 1996/2967, reg. 35 (with Pt. III)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/schedule/2/paragraph/6B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:40.311838+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."
}