s 278 Copying or communicating material in public registers
278.—(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) a work; (ii) a recording of a protected performance; or (b) communicate the material to the public. (2) The conditions are —(a) the material is part of a public register; (b) if the register is maintained by the Government — the copy or communication is made by or with the authority of the Government; (c) if the register is maintained by a public body — the copy or communication is made by or with the authority of the public body; and (d) the copy or communication is made —(i) to facilitate the inspection of the register, or the provision of copies from the register, as required or permitted by law; (ii) to facilitate the exercise of any right that the law mentioned in sub‑paragraph (i) is meant to facilitate; or (iii) for the purpose of maintaining the register. (3) Where —(a) an act is a permitted use of any material under this section; and (b) copies of the material are supplied to the public as part of, or incidentally to, that act, the supply of those copies — (c) is not to be treated, for the purposes of this Act, as publishing the material (or any work or recording included in the material); and (d) must be ignored in determining the duration of any copyright in the material (or the included work).