Legal deposit
The National Library of Scotland is one of the libraries of deposit, entitled in terms of the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 to request a copy of all printed items published in the United Kingdom, and in the Republic of Ireland by reciprocal legislation. This Act continues the basic provisions for print publications established earlier by the Copyright Act 1911, Section 15, and provides the foundation for further regulations to be introduced for non-print publications at a later date.
The Code of Practice for the Voluntary Deposit of Non-Print Publications, implemented from the beginning of 2000, means that the Library can request the deposit of some categories of non-print material.
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