1. In article 36 (special definitions):
(a)for the definition of “loans”, substitute–
““loans” means loans whereby books are made available to a member of the public from a service point for use away from that service point for a limited time (including by being communicated by means of electronic transmission to a place other than a service point) and includes books not normally held at that service point; and “lent out” is to be read accordingly;”; and
(b)for the definition of “service point”, substitute–
““service point” means a place or website from which books comprised in a library are made available to the public.”.
2. In article 42 (method of determining the number of notional loans), in paragraph (3), sub-paragraph (b), after “record loans of a” insert the word “physical”.
3. In article 14A (forms of application in respect of posthumously eligible books), following the words after paragraph (c):
(a)after “in relation to that posthumously eligible person, by” omit the dash and letter “(i)”;
(b)after “the application is being made” substitute “, and” with “.”; and
(c)omit sub-paragraph (ii).
4. In paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 (information to be provided in connection with applications), after the words “date of application” omit–
“, accompanied, when the applicant has not previously made an application under Article 17 of this Scheme, by a certificate signed by a Member of Parliament, a member of the Scottish Parliament, Justice of the Peace, Minister of Religion, lawyer, bank officer, school teacher, police officer, registered medical practitioner, who need not hold a licence to practise, or other person accepted by the Board as being of similar standing and stating that he has known the applicant for at least two years, that he is not related to the applicant and that to the best of his knowledge the contents of the statement by the applicant are true”.