Section 18Part 5 — Archival Records and Library Collections
Legal deposit of published works
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If the National Archivist determines that an item that has been published in the Islands is of sufficient value to warrant its preservation, the National Archivist may by a written request require the publisher to provide two copies of the item to the National Archive.
Where a person, in the course of business or otherwise, publishes items in the Islands on a regular basis, the National Archivist may request that that person provide to the National Archive, until further notice, two copies of —
every item which that person may in future publish in the Islands; or
such of those items as are of a class or description specified in the request.
A request under this section shall be in writing (whether sent by electronic or other means).
A person shall comply with a request made under this section by the National Archivist.
A copy of any published item provided in accordance with such a request under this section —
shall be in a form and quality that the National Archivist determines is suitable for preservation purposes and specifies in the request; and
shall, unless the request otherwise specifies, be a copy of the whole item (including illustrations, if any).
When any published item is provided to the National Archive in accordance with this section, the National Archivist shall cause a written receipt for the item to be given to the person who supplied it.
If a person fails to comply with a request made by the National Archivist under this section, a summary court may, on the application of the National Archivist, order the person to comply with the request on or before a day specified in the order.
In this section — "illustrations" includes drawings, engravings and photographs; "item" means — (a) a book, periodical, newspaper, pamphlet, sheet of letter-press, sheet of music, map, plan, chart, table, or other printed item; or (b) a non-print item; and "non-print item" means anything in or by means of which text, sounds, images or other information is stored and which requires a device or apparatus to use or access its content.
To the extent provided by regulations made under this Act, the provisions of this section shall apply to non-print items, or to any prescribed class or description of non-print items, with such modifications as may be prescribed.
Defined Terms
illustrationsitemnon-print item