The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variations) Order 1997

APPENDIX VARIATIONS IN THE PUBLIC LENDING RIGHT SCHEME 1982 MADE BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON 21st JUNE 1997

1.  Article 4(1)(b) of the Scheme shall be varied by deleting “(within the meaning of section 48 of the Copyright Act 1956)”.

2.  Article 9(A) of the Scheme shall be varied by substituting for paragraph (4) the following—

“(4) Each eligible person’s share of Public Lending Right in respect of a book with two or more authors (including any who are not eligible persons but disregarding a translator, editor or compiler) shall not exceed fifty per cent. of that Right unless the Registrar is satisfied that any share exceeding fifty per cent. which is specified in accordance with article 17(1)(c) in the application for first registration of the Right or in accordance with article 17(2) in the application for first registration of an eligible author’s share of the Right is reasonable in relation to that author’s contribution.”

3.  Article 20 of the Scheme shall be varied by substituting “seventy” for “fifty”.

4.  Article 36 of the Scheme shall be varied by substituting “38(5)” for “38(6)”.

5.  Articles 39, 40(1) and 44(1) of the Scheme shall be varied by substituting “38(5)(a)” for “38(6)(a)”.

6.  Article 46(3) of the Scheme shall be varied by substituting “£5” for “£1”.

7.  Schedule 2 to the Scheme shall be varied by substituting for “GROUP A” to the end the following—

“GROUP A

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

Bedfordshire	Essex	Northamptonshire
Berkshire	Hertfordshire	Oxfordshire
Brighton and Hove	Kent	Suffolk
Buckinghamshire	Luton	Surrey
Cambridgeshire	Milton Keynes	West Sussex
East Sussex	Norfolk

GROUP B

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

Bath and North East Somerset	Dorset	Shropshire
Bournemouth	Gloucestershire	Somerset
City of Bristol	Hampshire	Hereford and Worcester
City of Portsmouth	Staffordshire	South Gloucestershire
City of Southampton	The Isle of Wight	Swindon
City of Stoke-on-Trent	The Isles of Scilly	Warwickshire
Cornwall	North Somerset	Wiltshire
Devon	Poole

GROUP C

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

Cheshire	East Riding of Yorkshire	Northumberland
City of Derby	Hartlepool	North Yorkshire
City of Kingston upon Hull	Lancashire	Nottinghamshire
City of Leicester	Leicestershire	Redcar and Cleveland
Cumbria	Lincolnshire	Rutland
Darlington	Middlesbrough	Stockton-on-Tees
Derbyshire	North East Lincolnshire	York
Durham	North Lincolnshire

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.”.