Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 7
Libraries
The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variation) Order 2015
Made
5th January 2015
Laid before Parliament
8th January 2015
Coming into force
3rd February 2015
The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982( 1 ) (āthe Schemeā) was brought into force on 14th June 1982;
The Scheme has been varied( 2 );
The Secretary of State, after consultation with the representatives of authors and library authorities and with others who appear likely to be affected, has further varied the Scheme;
Accordingly the Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 3(7) of the Public Lending Right Act 1979( 3 ):
Citation
1. This Order may be cited as the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variation) Order 2015.
Commencement of variation
2. The variation of the Public Lending Right Scheme made by the Secretary of State on 5th January 2015, whereby paragraph (1)(a) of article 46 was varied by substituting ā6.66pā for ā6.20pā, comes into force on 3rd February 2015.
Ed Vaizey
Minister of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
5th January 2015
The Scheme was initially set out in the Appendix to S.I. 1982/719 and is now set out in Appendix 2 to S.I. 1990/2360 .
Other variations to the Scheme of the kind brought into force by this Order have been made by S.I. 1992/3049 , 1993/3049 , 1996/3237 , 1999/3304 , 2000/3319 , 2001/3984 , 2002/3123 , 2003/3045 , 2004/3128 , 2005/3351 , 2006/3294 , 2009/3259 , 2011/54 , 2012/63 and 2012/3123 . There are other amendments to the Scheme but none are relevant to the rate used for the purposes of calculating the amount payable in respect of loans of a particular book by public libraries.
1979 c.10 . The functions under the Act were transferred to the Secretary of State by virtue of article 3(1) of and Schedule 1 to the Transfer of Functions (National Heritage) Order 1992 ( S.I. 1992/1311 ). There are amendments to that Act but none are relevant.