breach of contract; infringement of copyright, database right or publication right; criminal liability or damages for defamation were also enacted by the 2003 Act to protect deposit libraries using works and publishers sending works to deposit libraries from actions for breach of those liabilities that could otherwise occur. Section 16 of the 2003 Act and the power to make regulations came into force upon Royal Assent of the 2003 Act. The rest of the Act was brought into force on 1 February 2004 by article 2 of the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 (Commencement) Order 2004 (SI 2004/130) (C 5). The 2003 Act extends to the whole of the United Kingdom. See also Books in the United Kingdom References Halsbury's Statutes, External links Act and Explanatory Notes The Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003, as amended from the National Archives. The Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003, as originally enacted from the National Archives. Explanatory notes to the Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003. United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 2003 Libraries in the United Kingdom Library law