In this Act—

• “the 1988 Act” means the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48);

• “database right” has the meaning given by regulation 13(1) of the Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/3032);

• “deposit library” means any of the British Library Board and the authorities controlling—

  1. a

     the National Library of Scotland,

  2. b

     the National Library of Wales,

  3. c

     the Bodleian Library, Oxford,

  4. d

     the University Library, Cambridge,

  5. e

     the Library of Trinity College, Dublin;

• “electronic publication” means an on line or off line publication including any publication in electronic form (within the meaning given by section 178 of the 1988 Act);

• “film” has the meaning given by section 5B of the 1988 Act;

• “medium” means any medium of publication, including in particular any form of on line or off line publication;

• “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State;

• “publication”, in relation to a work—

  1. a

     means the issue of copies of the work to the public, and

  2. b

     includes making the work available to the public by means of an electronic retrieval system;

  and related expressions are to be interpreted accordingly;

• “publication right” has the meaning given by regulation 16(1) of the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/2967);

• “sound recording” has the meaning given by section 5A of the 1988 Act.