Anhang IV - Gesetz bezüglich Maltas
Der Malta Libraries Act 2011144
MALTA LIBRARIES ACT
To repeal and re-enact with amendments the law relating to Public
Libraries.
1st August. 2011*
ACT VII of 2011.
1. The short title of this Act is the Malta Libraries Act.
PARTI
PRELIMINARY
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
"author" means a person or a body corporate responsible for the intellectual, and or artistic
content of a work and includes the person who undertakes the editing, printing or compiling of
such work even when no specific author is identified;
"the Council" means the Malta Libraries Council established under article 4;
"depositor" means the person or body corporate responsible under this Act to deposit documents
with the depository library;
"depository libraries" means the National Library, the Gozo Public Library, and, at its own
request, the library of the University of Malta;
"document" means a published or unpublished document, record, publication, or work
containing information or otherwise meant to communicate, regardless of form or medium,
including ephemera of permanent value;
"electronic document" means a document, regardless of form or medium, produced using
electronic means to make information available to the public and stored in computers or other
storage media, and which may be displayed or accessed either on a computer monitor, on other
storage media or as a print-out;
"financial year" means any period of twelve months ending on the 31st December:
Provided that the first financial year of the Malta Libraries shall begin on the coming into force
of this Act and shall end on the 31st December of the next following year;
"House" means the House of Representatives;
"legal deposit" means the deposit of published documents, publications, records on works, with
depository libraries, as provided for in this Act, to ensure the building and long-term
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