Public Lending Right Act 1979

5 Citation, etc. U.K.

(1) This Act may be cited as the Public Lending Right Act 1979.

(2) In this Act any reference to “the scheme” is to the scheme prepared and brought into force by the Secretary of State in accordance with sections 1 and 3 of this Act (including the scheme as varied from time to time under section 3(7); and—

• [F1 “author”, in relation to a work recorded as a sound recording, includes a producer or narrator; ]

• [F2 “the Board” means the British Library Board established under section 1(2) of the British Library Act 1972;]

• [F1 “book” includes—

  (a)

  a work recorded as a sound recording and consisting mainly of spoken words (an “audio-book”), and

  (b)

  a work, other than an audio-book, recorded in electronic form and consisting mainly of (or of any combination of) written or spoken words or still pictures (an “e-book”);

• [F3 “lent out” means made available to a member of the public for use away from library premises for a limited time (including by being communicated by means of electronic transmission to a place other than library premises) and “loan” and “borrowed” are to be read accordingly;]

• “library premises” has the meaning given in section 8(7) of the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964;]

• “local library authority” means—

  (a)

  a library authority under the M1 Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964,

  (b)

  a statutory library authority within the M2 Public Libraries (Scotland) Act 1955, and

  (c)

  an Education and Library Board within the M3 Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1972;

• “prescribed” means prescribed by the scheme;

• [F4 “producer” has the meaning given in section 178 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988;]

• “the register” means the register required by section 1(4) to be established and maintained by the [F5 Board] ; F6 ...

• F7 ...

• [F8 “sound recording” has the meaning given in section 5A(1) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.]

(3) This Act comes into force on a day to be appointed by an order made by the the Secretary of State in a statutory instrument to be laid before Parliament after it has been made.

(4) This Act extends to Northern Ireland.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 5(2) inserted (30.6.2014) by Digital Economy Act 2010 (c. 24), ss. 43(2), 47(3)(d); S.I. 2014/1659, art. 2

F2 Words in s. 5(2) inserted (1.10.2013) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Registrar of Public Lending Right) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2352), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 11(a) (with art. 8)

F3 Definition in s. 5(2) substituted (30.6.2018 for E.W.S., 30.6.2021 for N.I.) by Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), ss. 31(1), 118(6); S.I. 2018/690, reg. 2; S.I. 2021/680, reg. 2

F4 Words in s. 5(2) inserted (30.6.2014) by Digital Economy Act 2010 (c. 24), ss. 43(3), 47(3)(d); S.I. 2014/1659, art. 2

F5 Word in s. 5(2) substituted (1.10.2013) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Registrar of Public Lending Right) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2352), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 11(b) (with art. 8)

F6 Word in s. 5(2) omitted (30.6.2014) by virtue of Digital Economy Act 2010 (c. 24), ss. 43(4), 47(3)(d), Sch. 2; S.I. 2014/1659, art. 2

F7 Words in s. 5(2) omitted (1.10.2013) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Registrar of Public Lending Right) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2352), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 11(c) (with art. 8)

F8 Words in s. 5(2) inserted (30.6.2014) by Digital Economy Act 2010 (c. 24), ss. 43(5), 47(3)(d) (as amended (1.10.2013) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Registrar of Public Lending Right) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2352), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 14 (with art. 8); S.I. 2014/1659, art. 2

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Power of appointment conferred by s. 5(3) fully exercised: S.I. 1980/83, art. 2

Marginal Citations

M1 1964 c. 75.

M2 1955 c. 27.

M3 S.I. 1972/1263 (N.I. 12).