{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-designs-and-patents-act-1988/section-3A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/copyright-designs-and-patents-act-1988/section-3A.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": "section/3A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3A",
  "heading": "Databases",
  "text": "(1) In this Part “database” means a collection of independent works, data or other materials which—\n(a) are arranged in a systematic or methodical way, and\n(b) are individually accessible by electronic or other means.\n(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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 3A inserted (1.1.1998) by S.I. 1997/3032, reg. 6 (with Pt. IV)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/3A",
    "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."
}