Statutory Instruments
2022 No. 14
Libraries
The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variation) Order 2022
Made
5th January 2022
Laid before Parliament
10th January 2022
Coming into force
7th February 2022
The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982( 1 ) (ā the Scheme ā) was brought into force on 14th June 1982;
The Scheme has been varied( 2 );
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, commencement and extent
1. ā(1) This Order may be cited as the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variation) Order 2022 and comes into force on 7th February 2022.
(2) This Order extends to the United Kingdom.
Commencement of Variation
2. The variation of the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 whereby article 46(1)(a) is varied by substituting ā11.26pā for ā9.55pā, comes into force on 7th February 2022.
Parkinson of Whitley Bay
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
5th January 2022
The Scheme is set out in the Appendix to the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement) Order 1982 ( S.I. 1982/719 ).
Variations to the Scheme have been brought into force by subsequent orders. Appendix 2 to S.I. 1990/2360 sets out the Scheme as varied by amendments made on 26 November 1990. A number of variations of the kind brought into force by this Order have been made since, the last of which was brought into force by S.I. 2020/1370 .
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 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 ).