53Copying by librarians for users of other libraries

1. The librarian of a prescribed library may, if the condition contained in subsection (2) is complied with, make from a published edition, for supply to another prescribed library, a copy of,—

2. subject to paragraph (b), a reasonable proportion of any literary, dramatic, or musical work (and the librarian may include in the copy any artistic work that appears within the proportion copied):
3. in relation to a literary, dramatic, or musical work that is contained in an article in a periodical,—
   1. the whole article and any artistic work included in that article; and
   2. if there is any other article in the same issue of the periodical relating to the same subject matter as the first article copied, the whole of that other article and any artistic work included in that article,—
without infringing copyright in the literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work or the typographical arrangement of the published edition.

4. The condition referred to in subsection (1) is that a person has requested the library to which the copy is being supplied to supply him or her with the copy for the purposes of research or private study.

5. Where any person is supplied with, or otherwise comes into possession of, a copy made in accordance with this section, that person may use the copy only for the purposes of research or private study.

6. This section does not apply to a literary work that is a computer program.

7. In this section, copy includes a digital copy, but in that case section 56C applies as well.