Statutory Instruments
2018 No. 17
Libraries
The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variation) Order 2018
Made
8th January 2018
Laid before Parliament
11th January 2018
Coming into force
12th February 2018
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;
Citation
1. This Order may be cited as the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variation) Order 2018.
Commencement of variation
2. The variation of the Scheme made by the Secretary of State on 8th January 2018, whereby article 46(1)(a) was varied by substituting ā8.20pā for ā7.82pā, comes into force on 12th February 2018.
John Glen
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Tourism
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
8th January 2018
The Scheme is set out in the Appendix to S.I. 1982/719 .
Variations to the Scheme have been brought into force by subsequent Orders. Appendix 2 of S.I. 1990/2360 sets out the Scheme as varied at that date. Further variations of the kind brought into force by this Order have since 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 , 2012/3123 , 2015/7 , 2016/15 and 2017/7 .
1979 c. 10 . There are amendments to the Act but none are relevant to this Order.
The functions under section 3(7) of the Public Lending Right Act 1979 (c. 10) were originally vested in the Secretary of State and, after a series of transfer of functions orders ( S.I. 1979/907 , 1981/207 , 1983/879 , 1984/1814 and 1986/600 ), they were transferred back 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 ).