About NLW
Legal Deposit
Legal deposit has existed in English law since 1662. It helps to ensure that the nation’s published output (and thereby its intellectual record and future published heritage) is collected systematically, to preserve the material for the use of future generations and to make it available for readers within the designated legal deposit libraries.
Introduction
What is legal deposit, and why does it exist?
2003 Act
The Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003
Legal deposit for books, journals, newspapers and other types of printed publication
2013 Regulations
The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations 2013
Official Guidance
Guidance to the Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations 2013, published by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Electronic Publications
Legal deposit for websites and electronic publications
Contact us if you have a complaint with regard to legal deposit
Ireland’s Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000
