113JResearch

113J  Research

 (1) An authorized officer of a library or archives does not infringe copyright in copyright material by using the material if:

 (a) the material forms part of the collection comprising the library or archives; and

 (b) the library or archives holds the material in original form; and

 (c) the use is for the purpose of research carried out at that or another library or archives.

 (2) An authorized officer of a library or archives does not infringe copyright in copyright material (the research copy) by making the research copy available to be accessed at the library or archives if:

 (a) subsection (1) applied to the making of the research copy because it was done for the purpose of research carried out at the library or archives; and

 (b) the research copy is in electronic form; and

 (c) the body administering the library or archives takes reasonable steps to ensure that a person who accesses the research copy at the library or archives does not infringe copyright in the research copy.

Note: Other uses of the research copy might not infringe copyright because of other provisions of this Act, such as section 49 (Reproducing and communicating works by libraries and archives for users).