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  works, as if any reference to performance were a reference to the act of causing the sounds or visual images in question to be heard or seen.

(6) Nothing in this section shall be construed— (a) as extending the operation of any provision of this Act as to the acts restricted by copyright of any description, or

(b) as derogating from the operation of any exemption conferred by any provision of this Act other than this section. (7) In this section “school”— (a) in relation to England and Wales, has the same meaning as in the Education Act, 1944;

(b) in relation to Scotland, has the same meaning as in the Education (Scotland) Act, 1946, except that it includes an approved school within the meaning of the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act, 1937; and

(c) in relation to Northern Ireland, has the same meaning as in the Education Act (Northern Ireland), 1947; and “duplicating process” means any process involving the use of an appliance for producing multiple copies.

42.—(1) Where any work in which copyright subsists, or a reproduction of any such work, is comprised in— (a) any records belonging to Her Majesty which are under the charge and superintendence of the Master of the Rolls by virtue of an Order in Council under section two of the Public Record Office Act, 1838, and are open to public inspection in accordance with rules made under that Act, or

(b) any public records to which the Public Records Act (Northern Ireland), 1923, applies, being records which are open to public inspection in accordance with rules made under that Act, the copyright in the work is not infringed by the making, or the supplying to any person, of any reproduction of the work by or under the direction of any officer appointed under the said Act of 1838 or the said Act of 1923, as the case may be.

(2) In the preceding subsection “records”— (a) in paragraph (a) of that subsection has the same meaning as in the Public Record Office Act, 1838;

(b) in paragraph (b) of that subsection has the same meaning as in the Public Records Act (Northern Ireland), 1923. (3) Any reference in this section to the Public Records Act (Northern Ireland), 1923, shall be construed as including a 57