Statutory Instruments
2025 No. 11
Libraries
The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variation) Order 2025
Made
7th January 2025
Laid before Parliament
9th January 2025
Coming into force
5th February 2025
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 2025 and comes into force on 5th February 2025.
(2) This Order extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Commencement of variation
2. The variation of the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 whereby article 46(1)(a) is varied by substituting ā11.76pā for ā13.69pā comes into force on 5th February 2025.
Stephanie Peacock
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
7th January 2025
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 26th 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. 2024/34 .
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 ).