Statutory Instruments
2005 No. 1519
LIBRARIES
The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variations) Order 2005
Made
6th June 2005
Laid before Parliament
8th June 2005
Coming into force
1st July 2005
Whereas the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982( 1 ) (“the Scheme”) was brought into force on 14th June 1982;
Whereas the Scheme has been varied( 2 );
And whereas the Secretary of State, after consultation with representatives of authors and library authorities and of others who appear likely to be affected, has further varied the Scheme;
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variations) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st July 2005.
Commencement of variations
2. As regards the variations to the Scheme which were made on 6th June 2005—
(a) those which are set out in Part 1 of the Appendix to this Order shall come into force on 1st July 2005; and
(b) those which are set out in Part 2 of that Appendix shall come into force on 1st September 2006.
David Lammy
Minister for Culture
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
6th June 2005
APPENDIX
PART 1 Variations in the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 made by the Secretary of State having effect from 1st July 2005
1. In Article 38( 5 ) of the Scheme (designation of sampling points), in paragraph (2)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (f), for “8” there shall be substituted “7”; and
(b) in sub-paragraph (g), after “years” there shall be added “, unless it is in Group H in Schedule 2”.
PART 2 Variations in the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 made by the Secretary of State having effect from 1st September 2006
2. In paragraph (2)(b) of Article 46 of the Scheme, “£6,600” shall be substituted for “£6,000” in both places where it appears.
3. In paragraph (3) of that Article( 6 ), “£1” shall be substituted for “£5”.
The Scheme was initially set out in the Appendix to S.I. 1982/719 .
By virtue of article 2 of SI 1990/2360 , on and after 27th December 1990 the Scheme had effect as set out in Appendix 2 to that Order. Subsequent variations to the Scheme were set out in S.I. 1991/2618 ; S.I.1996/1338 ; S.I.1997/1576 ; S.I. 1998/1218 ; S.I. 1999/420 ; S.I. 1999/1042 ; S.I 2002/3135 ; S.I. 2004/1258 ; and S.I. 2004/3128 .
The Secretary of State’s functions under the Public Lending Right Act 1979 were transferred to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster by S.I. 1979/907 ; from the Chancellor to the Secretary of State by S.I. 1981/207 ; from the Secretary of State to the Lord President of the Council by S.I. 1983/879 ; from the Lord President to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster by S.I. 1984/1814 ; from the Chancellor to the Lord President by S.I. 1986/600 ; and from the Lord President to the Secretary of State by S.I. 1992/1311 .
SI 1996/1338 sets out variations to Article 38 that are not relevant to this Order.
Article 46(3) was varied as set out in paragraph 6 of the Appendix to S.I. 1997/1576 .