Legal Deposit

From Regional Knowledge Resource Kit

Legal deposit of copies of material published in Australia is a requirement of legislation. Copies are required to be deposited with the National Library of Australia as well as the State/Territory Library of the state of publication.

Full details of Commonwealth and State/Territory requirements and contact addresses can be found here.

Legal deposit with the National Library is required under the Copyright Act 1968 s201. The Act requires all Australian publishers to deliver a copy of library material to the National Library within one month of publication. Library material means a book, periodical (e.g. newsletter, annual report), newspaper, pamphlets, sheet of letterpress, sheet music, map, plan, chart or table.