Article 5 Obligations of authorised entities
United Kingdom
An authorised entity established in F1the United Kingdom carrying out the acts referred to in Articles 3 and 4 shall establish and follow its own practices to ensure that it:
distributes, communicates and makes available accessible format copies only to beneficiary persons or other authorised entities;
takes appropriate steps to discourage the unauthorised reproduction, distribution, communication to the public and making available to the public of accessible format copies;
demonstrates due care in, and maintains records of, its handling of works or other subject matter and of accessible format copies thereof; and
publishes and updates, on its website if appropriate, or through other online or offline channels, information on how it complies with the obligations laid down in points (a) to (c).
An authorised entity established in the United Kingdom shall establish and follow the practices referred to in the first subparagraph in full respect of the rules applicable to the processing of personal data of beneficiary persons referred to in Article 6.
An authorised entity established in the United Kingdom carrying out the acts referred to in Articles 3 and 4 shall provide the following information in an accessible way, on request, to beneficiary persons, other authorised entities or rightholders:
the list of works or other subject matter for which it has accessible format copies and the available formats; and
the name and contact details of the authorised entities with which it has engaged in the exchange of accessible format copies pursuant to Articles 3 and 4.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words in Art. 5 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/605), regs. 1(2), 36(6) (with reg. 38) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1050, regs. 1(2), 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)