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2.1 The purpose of this document is to set out for consultation the recommendations provided by LDAP to the Secretary of State for DCMS on legal deposit of non-print material – specifically UK Offline and Microforms Publications (Annex A) and UK Online Publications (Annex B to F), which are available free of charge and without access restrictions with the Legal Deposit Libraries[1] (the Libraries).
2.1 The purpose of this document is to set out for consultation the recommendations provided by LDAP to the Secretary of State for DCMS on legal deposit of non-print material – specifically UK Offline and Microforms Publications (Annex A) and UK Online Publications (Annex B to F), which are available free of charge and without access restrictions with the Legal Deposit Libraries[1] (the Libraries).2
2.2 We are seeking your views on all aspects of the recommendations and have also set some specific questions to which we would welcome your answers (Annex G).
2.2 We are seeking your views on all aspects of the recommendations and have also set some specific questions to which we would welcome your answers (Annex G).3
2.3 Following this consultation, and further consultation on the detail of the regulations as appropriate, our aim is to introduce affirmative secondary legislation to Parliament that will lead to regulations for publishers of relevant non-print publications to deposit one or more copies with the Libraries, as detailed in the following provisions.
2.3 Following this consultation, and further consultation on the detail of the regulations as appropriate, our aim is to introduce affirmative secondary legislation to Parliament that will lead to regulations for publishers of relevant non-print publications to deposit one or more copies with the Libraries, as detailed in the following provisions.7
2.6 For enquiries about the consultation (handling) process only please contact the DCMS Public Engagement and Recognition Unit (PERU) at the above address or email using the form at http://www.culture.gov.uk/contact_us/ heading your communication ‘Proposal on the Collection and Preservation of UK Offline and Microform Publications and UK Online Publications, which are available free of charge and without access restrictions’.
2.6 For enquiries about the consultation (handling) process only please contact the DCMS Public Engagement and Recognition Unit (PERU) at the above address or email using the form at http://www.culture.gov.uk/contact_us/ heading your communication ‘Proposal on the Collection and Preservation of UK Offline and Microform Publications and UK Online Publications, which are available free of charge and without access restrictions’.8
2.7 Copies of responses will be published after the consultation closing date on the Department’s website: http://www.culture.gov.uk
2.7 Copies of responses will be published after the consultation closing date on the Department’s website: http://www.culture.gov.uk9
2.8 Information provided in response to this consultation, including personal information, may be published or disclosed in accordance with the access to information regimes (primarily the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004). If you want the information that you provide to be treated as confidential, please be aware that, under the FOIA, there is a statutory Code of Practice with which public authorities must comply and which deals, amongst other things, with obligations of confidence. In view of this it would be helpful if you could explain to us why you regard the information you have provided as confidential. If we receive a request for disclosure of the information we will take full account of your explanation, but we cannot give an assurance that confidentiality can be maintained in all circumstances. An automatic confidentiality disclaimer generated by your IT system will not, of itself, be regarded as binding on the Department.
2.8 Information provided in response to this consultation, including personal information, may be published or disclosed in accordance with the access to information regimes (primarily the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004). If you want the information that you provide to be treated as confidential, please be aware that, under the FOIA, there is a statutory Code of Practice with which public authorities must comply and which deals, amongst other things, with obligations of confidence. In view of this it would be helpful if you could explain to us why you regard the information you have provided as confidential. If we receive a request for disclosure of the information we will take full account of your explanation, but we cannot give an assurance that confidentiality can be maintained in all circumstances. An automatic confidentiality disclaimer generated by your IT system will not, of itself, be regarded as binding on the Department.10
2.9 The Department will process your personal data in accordance with the DPA, and in the majority of circumstances, this will mean that your personal data will not be disclosed to third parties.
2.9 The Department will process your personal data in accordance with the DPA, and in the majority of circumstances, this will mean that your personal data will not be disclosed to third parties.11
The consultation is guided by the Government’s Code of Practice on Consultation which is available at: http://www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/bre/code/page46954.html
The consultation is guided by the Government’s Code of Practice on Consultation which is available at: http://www.berr.gov.uk/whatwedo/bre/code/page46954.html 12
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Tags: 020 7211 6200, Archives Team Culture Directorate, Bodleian Library, British Library, Cambridge, DCMS Public Engagement and Recognition Unit, Department for Culture, Dublin, Frances Love Libraries, gov. uk 2.8 Information, Governor, Library of Trinity College, Media and Sport, National Library of Scotland, National Library of Wales, Online Publications, Oxford, Peru, Scotland, Secretary of State, Trinity College, University Library, Wales, www.culture.gov.uk