Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003
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10 Exemption from liability: activities in relation to publications
(1) A deposit library, or a person acting on its behalf, is not liable in damages... for defamation arising out of the doing by a relevant person of an activity listed in section 7(2) in relation to a copy of a work delivered under section 1. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the liability of a deposit library where— (a) it knows, or ... it knows of facts or circumstances from which it ought to know, that the copy contains a defamatory statement, and (b) it has had a reasonable opportunity since obtaining that knowledge to prevent the doing of the activity in relation to the copy. (3) Where, pursuant to section 1, a person (in this section, “the publisher”) has delivered a copy of a work to an address specified by a deposit library, the publisher is not liable in damages... for defamation arising out of the doing by a relevant person of an activity listed in section 7(2) in relation to the copy. (4) Subsection (3) does not apply where— (a) the publisher knows, or ... the publisher knows of facts or circumstances from which it ought to know, that the copy contains a defamatory statement, and (b) it has had a reasonable opportunity since obtaining that knowledge to inform the library of the matter, facts or circumstances known to it and has not done so. (5) Where a work is published on the internet, subsection (6) applies to a copy of the work if— (a) the work is of a description prescribed by regulations under this subsection, (b) the publication of the work on the internet, or a person publishing it there, is connected with the United Kingdom in a manner so prescribed, and (c) the copy was made by a deposit library or person acting on its behalf copying the work from the internet in accordance with any conditions so prescribed. (6) Where this subsection applies to a copy of a work— (a) no person other than the library is liable in damages... for defamation arising out of the doing by a relevant person of an activity listed in section 7(2) in relation to the copy, and (b) subsections (1) and (2) apply in relation to the doing of an activity in relation to the copy as they apply in relation to the doing of the activity in relation to a copy of a work delivered under section 1. (7) In this section— (a) “ relevant person ” has the same meaning as in section 7; (b) references to activities listed in section 7(2) are references to those activities whether or not done in relation to relevant material (as defined in section 7); (c) references to a deposit library include references to the Faculty of Advocates. (8) The Secretary of State may by regulations provide for this section, as it applies in relation to liability in damages ... for defamation, to apply in relation to liability (including criminal liability) of any description prescribed in the regulations, subject to such modifications as may be prescribed. (9) Where this section applies to the doing of an activity in relation to a copy of a work it also applies to the doing of the activity in relation to a copy (at any remove) of that copy. (10) Nothing in this section imposes liability on any person.
10 Exemption from liability: activities in relation to publications
(1) A deposit library, or a person acting on its behalf, is not liable in damages... for defamation arising out of the doing by a relevant person of an activity listed in section 7(2) in relation to a copy of a work delivered under section 1. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the liability of a deposit library where— (a) it knows, or ... it knows of facts or circumstances from which it ought to know, that the copy contains a defamatory statement, and (b) it has had a reasonable opportunity since obtaining that knowledge to prevent the doing of the activity in relation to the copy. (3) Where, pursuant to section 1, a person (in this section, “the publisher”) has delivered a copy of a work to an address specified by a deposit library, the publisher is not liable in damages... for defamation arising out of the doing by a relevant person of an activity listed in section 7(2) in relation to the copy. (4) Subsection (3) does not apply where— (a) the publisher knows, or ... the publisher knows of facts or circumstances from which it ought to know, that the copy contains a defamatory statement, and (b) it has had a reasonable opportunity since obtaining that knowledge to inform the library of the matter, facts or circumstances known to it and has not done so. (5) Where a work is published on the internet, subsection (6) applies to a copy of the work if— (a) the work is of a description prescribed by regulations under this subsection, (b) the publication of the work on the internet, or a person publishing it there, is connected with the United Kingdom in a manner so prescribed, and (c) the copy was made by a deposit library or person acting on its behalf copying the work from the internet in accordance with any conditions so prescribed. (6) Where this subsection applies to a copy of a work— (a) no person other than the library is liable in damages... for defamation arising out of the doing by a relevant person of an activity listed in section 7(2) in relation to the copy, and (b) subsections (1) and (2) apply in relation to the doing of an activity in relation to the copy as they apply in relation to the doing of the activity in relation to a copy of a work delivered under section 1. (7) In this section— (a) “ relevant person ” has the same meaning as in section 7; (b) references to activities listed in section 7(2) are references to those activities whether or not done in relation to relevant material (as defined in section 7); (c) references to a deposit library include references to the Faculty of Advocates. (8) The Secretary of State may by regulations provide for this section, as it applies in relation to liability in damages ... for defamation, to apply in relation to liability (including criminal liability) of any description prescribed in the regulations, subject to such modifications as may be prescribed. (9) Where this section applies to the doing of an activity in relation to a copy of a work it also applies to the doing of the activity in relation to a copy (at any remove) of that copy. (10) Nothing in this section imposes liability on any person.
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