Legal Deposit Libraries Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 5:45 pm on 4 June 2003.
Joe Benton
Labour, Bootle
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:
Amendment No. 8, in
Clause 9, page 6, line 5, leave out from ‘“publication”’ to end of line 6 and insert—
‘ , in relation to a work—
(a)means the issue of copies of the work to the public, and
(b)includes making the work available to the public by means of an electronic retrieval system;
and related expressions are to be interpreted accordingly;’.
Chris Mole
Labour, Ipswich
Amendment No. 7 removes the definition of publication right, because that is no longer referred to. It is consequential on Clause 7 not standing part of the Bill. Amendment No. 8 provides clarification. It includes the definition of publication in the Bill, rather than referring back to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, and ensures that the definition is in terms of the work to be deposited, rather than the intellectual property rights in that work, as it would be if the definition in the 1988 Act were used. It is a fairly technical amendment. It will not have a substantial effect, but it will make a definite improvement to the Bill.
Amendment made:No. 8, in
clause 9, page 6, line 5, leave out from ‘“publication”’ to end of line 6 and insert—
‘ , in relation to a work—
(a)means the issue of copies of the work to the public, and
(b)includes making the work available to the public by means of an electronic retrieval system;
and related expressions are to be interpreted accordingly;’.—[Mr. Mole.]
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A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.
Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.
During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.
When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.
As a bill passes through Parliament, MPs and peers may suggest amendments - or changes - which they believe will improve the quality of the legislation.
Many hundreds of amendments are proposed by members to major bills as they pass through committee stage, report stage and third reading in both Houses of Parliament.
In the end only a handful of amendments will be incorporated into any bill.
The Speaker - or the chairman in the case of standing committees - has the power to select which amendments should be debated.
patents (for inventions), trade marks, protected designs, and copyrights; see http://www.patent.gov.uk
