203EInspection of records and declarations retained in records of libraries and archives

203E  Inspection of records and declarations retained in records of libraries and archives

 (1) The owner of the copyright in a work, sound recording or cinematograph film, or the agent of such an owner, may notify the officer in charge of a library or archives, in writing, that he or she wishes to inspect, on a day specified in the notice:

 (a) all the relevant declarations retained in the records of the library or archives that relate to the making, in reliance on section 49 or 50, of copies of works or parts of works or of copies of other subject‑matter; or

 (b) such of those declarations as:

 (i) relate to the making, in reliance on section 49 or 50, of copies of works or parts of works or of copies of other subject‑matter; and

 (ii) were made during a period specified in the notice.

 (2) The day specified in the notice must be an ordinary working day of the library or archives that is at least 7 days after the notice is given.

 (4) Where a person gives notice, under subsection (1), to the officer in charge of a library or archives that he or she wishes to inspect certain declarations on a particular day, that person may, during the ordinary working hours of the library or archives, on that day, but not earlier than 10 a.m. or later than 3 p.m., inspect the declarations to which the notice relates and, where the notice relates also to the inspection of the collection of the library or archives, may also during those hours on that day inspect that collection, and, for that purpose, may enter the premises of the library or archives.

 (6) A person commits an offence if:

 (a) the person is:

 (i) ultimately responsible for administering a library or archives; or

 (ii) the officer in charge of a library or archives; and

 (b) another person (the inspector) attends at the premises of the library or archives for the purpose of exercising his or her powers under subsection (4); and

 (c) the inspector is not provided with all reasonable facilities and assistance for the effective exercise of those powers.

 (6A) Subsection (6) is an offence of strict liability.

 (8) The officer in charge of a library or archives shall not be convicted of an offence against subsection (6) if the officer adduces evidence that he or she believed, on reasonable grounds, that the person who attended the premises of the library or archives, as the case may be, as mentioned in that subsection, was provided with all reasonable facilities and assistance for the effective exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (4) and that evidence is not rebutted by the prosecution.

 (9) The body administering a library or archives shall not be convicted of an offence against subsection (6) if the body adduces evidence that it took all reasonable precautions, and exercised due diligence, to ensure that the person who attended the premises of the library or archives, as the case may be, as mentioned in that subsection, was provided with all reasonable facilities and assistance for the effective exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (4) and that evidence is not rebutted by the prosecution.