The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variations) Order 1998

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force a variation to the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 made by the Secretary of State on 13th May 1998.

The variation is set out in the Appendix. The effect of the variation is that Schedule 2 to the Scheme which groups service points, is amended in consequence of local government reorganisation, and set out in consolidated form.

“APPENDIX VARIATIONS IN THE PUBLIC LENDING RIGHT SCHEME 1982 MADE BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON 13th May 1998

1.   Schedule 2 of the Scheme shall be varied by substituting for GROUPS A to the end the following:

“GROUP A

Those within the areas of the following districts or, as the case may be, counties—

Bedfordshire

Bracknell Forest

Brighton and Hove

Buckinghamshire

Cambridgeshire

East Sussex

Essex

Hertfordshire

Medway Council

Kent

Luton

Milton Keynes

Newbury

Norfolk

Northamptonshire

Oxfordshire

Peterborough

Reading

Slough

Southend

Thurrock

Suffolk

Surrey

West Sussex

Windsor and Maidenhead

Wokingham

GROUP B

Those within the areas of the following districts or, as the case may be, counties—

Bath and North East Somerset

Bournemouth

City of Bristol

City of Portsmouth

City of Southampton

City of Stoke-on-Trent

Cornwall

Devon

Dorset

Gloucestershire

Hampshire

Herefordshire

The Isle of Wight

The Isles of Scilly

North Somerset

Plymouth

Poole

Shropshire

Somerset

South Gloucestershire

Staffordshire

Swindon

Torbay

Warwickshire

Wiltshire

Worcestershire

The Wrekin

GROUP C

Those within the areas of the following districts or, as the case may be, counties—

Blackburn

Blackpool

Cheshire

City of Derby

City of Kingston upon Hull

City of Leicester

Cumbria

Darlington

Derbyshire

Durham

East Riding of Yorkshire

Halton

Hartlepool

Lancashire

Leicestershire

Lincolnshire

Nottingham

Middlesbrough

North East Lincolnshire

North Lincolnshire

Northumberland

North Yorkshire

Nottinghamshire

Redcar and Cleveland

Rutland

Stockton-on-Tees

Warrington

York

GROUP D

Those within the areas of the metropolitan districts of England.

GROUP E

Those within the area of Greater London.

GROUP F

Those in Wales.

GROUP G

Those in Scotland.

GROUP H

Those in Northern Ireland.””