# Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, Section 31BA: Making , communicating, making available, distributing or lending of intermediate copies by authorised bodies

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

(1) An authorised body which is entitled to make an accessible copy of a work under section 31B may, without infringing copyright, make a copy of the work (“an intermediate copy”) if this is necessary in order to make the accessible copy.
(2) An authorised body which has made an intermediate copy of a work under this section may communicate, make available, distribute or lend it on a non-profit basis to another authorised body which is entitled to make accessible copies of the work under section 31B for the purposes of enabling that other body to make accessible copies of the work.
(3) Copyright is infringed by the transfer of an intermediate copy made under this section to a person other than another authorised body as permitted by subsection (2), except where the transfer is authorised by the copyright owner.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/31BA (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-designs-and-patents-act-1988/section-31BA
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