Legal Deposit Act, 1997 (Act No. 54 of 1997) Regulations Legal Deposit Regulations Part I : Definitions

 

 

"book"

means a set of printed sheets bound together along one edge and enclosed within protective covers to form a volume;

 

"cinematographic film"

means a sequence of images on film capable of being seen as a moving picture when used in conjunction with a mechanical or other device, and includes the sounds embodied in a sound-track associated with the sequence of images;

 

"core collection"

means a basic list of titles which ought to be available in an official publications depository;

[Definition inserted by regulation 2(a) of Notice No. R. 484 of 2001]

 

"dynamic electronic document"

means a document in which the information content is generated or formatted electronically, stored by computer technology and made available to users online;

 

"edition"

means a version of a document;

 

"head of a place of legal deposit"

means the chief executive officer of a place of legal deposit or the person who is acting as such;

 

"luxury edition"

means a special edition of a book of which more than one edition is published where the special edition is distinguished from other editions of that book by its larger dimensions, the inclusion of additional content of a decorative or aesthetic nature, or its manufacture from materials which render the edition more costly than any other edition;

 

"map"

means a document depicting in graphic or photogrammetric form a selection of material or abstract features on or in relation to the surface of the earth or of a heavenly body;

 

"married"

means the final composite print of a cinematographic film in which the images and sound tracks are combined on a single strip of film;

 

"microform"

means a document in any medium on which micro-images have been recorded and which cannot be read without appropriate magnifying equipment;

 

"multi-media"

means a document consisting of more than one medium, but which constitutes a distinct unit;

 

"musical text"

means the notation of a musical composition;

 

"NLSA"

means National Library of South Africa;

[Definition inserted by regulation 2(b) of Notice No. R. 484 of 2001]

 

"non-sellthrough"

means audio-visual material not primarily intended for direct sale to the general public.

[Definition inserted by regulation 1(a) of Notice No. R.949 of 2000]

 

"poster"

means a printed document intended to be displayed;

[Definition substituted by regulation 1(b) of Notice No. R.949 of 2000]

 

“publisher of cinematographic films and videos"

means the holder or holders of all rights, including copyright, or the person or body nominated by all such holders to manage all matters related to the reproduction and depositing of copies.

[Definition inserted by regulation 1(c) of Notice No. R.949 of 2000]

 

"reprint"

means a copy of a document, made from the same type or printed from the same master file as the original, with which it is identical except for possibly a new title page and a note on the verso of the title page of the number and date of reprinting and the correction of minor errors;

 

“sellthrough”

means audio-visual material intended for direct sale to the general public.

[Definition inserted by regulation 1(d) of Notice No. R.949 of 2000]

 

"serial document"

means a document, issued in successive parts, usually having numerical or chronological designations, and intended to continue indefinitely, whatever the periodicity;

 

"sound recording"

means a document in any medium on which sounds have been recorded, but does not include a sound-track incorporated into a cinematographic film or video;

 

"static electronic document"

means a document in which the information content is generated or formatted electronically, stored by computer technology, and distributed as discrete objects;

 

"the Act"

means the Legal Deposit Act, 1997 (Act No. 54 of 1997);

 

"video"

means a document on magnetic tape or other medium on which images capable of being seen when used in conjunction with an electronic or other device have been recorded, and includes the sounds embodied in a sound-track associated with the images.