Research or study — copying originals for use on premises of public collections
227.—(1)  If the conditions in subsection (2) are met, it is a permitted use to —
(a)make a copy of any of the following material:
(i)an authorial work;
(ii)a sound recording;
(iii)a film;
(iv)a recording of a protected performance; or
(b)communicate the material.
(2)  The conditions are —
(a)a public collection has or used to have the original version or first copy (as the case may be) of the material;
(b)the copy or communication is made by or on behalf of the custodian of the public collection;
(c)the copy or communication is made for the purpose of carrying out research at any premises where any public collection is held;
(d)the material (including any copies) is not supplied to any person for any other purpose;
(e)before the copy is made, an authorised officer of the public collection —
(i)makes a reasonable investigation; and
(ii)declares that he or she is satisfied that a new copy of the material could not be obtained within a reasonable time at an ordinary commercial price; and
(f)in the case of subsection (1)(a) — the copy is notated according to section 301.
(3)  For the purposes of this Act, the supply of copies of any material in circumstances to which this section applies —
(a)is not to be treated as publishing the material (or any work or recording included in the material); and
(b)must be ignored in determining the duration of any copyright in the material (or the included work).