PART 2RESTRICTIONS RELATING TO PREMISES ETC.

Restrictions on Libraries

8.—(1) A person responsible for providing a library service must cease to do so.

(2) But where the library service includes facilities for visitors to access the internet—

(a)those facilities may continue to be provided; and

(b)a visitor may enter the premises from which the library service is being operated for that purpose.

(3) Books, materials and other items ordinarily provided as part of the library service may be delivered to, or collected by, a person who has ordered or requested them in advance by way of an on-line order or request, telephone or text or electronic messaging.

(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3), a visitor may enter the premises from which the library service is being operated for the purpose of collecting an item that person has previously ordered or requested.