The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variation) Order 2017

Statutory Instruments

2017 No. 7

Libraries

The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variation) Order 2017

Made

9th January 2017

Laid before Parliament

11th January 2017

Coming into force

8th February 2017

The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982(1) (“the Scheme”) was brought into force on 14th June 1982;

The Scheme has been varied(2);

The Secretary of State, after consultation with the representatives of authors and library authorities and with others who appear likely to be affected, has further varied the Scheme;

Accordingly the Secretary of State, in whom the power conferred by section 3(7) of the Public Lending Right Act 1979(3) is now vested(4), makes the following Order in exercise of the power:

(1)

The Scheme is set out in the Appendix to S.I. 1982/719.

(2)

Variations to the Scheme have been brought into force by subsequent Orders. Appendix 2 of S.I. 1990/2360 sets out the Scheme as varied at that date. Further variations of the kind brought into force by this Order have since been made by S.I. 1992/3049, 1993/3049, 1996/3237, 1999/3304, 2000/3319, 2001/3984, 2002/3123, 2003/3045, 2004/3128, 2005/3351, 2006/3294, 2009/3259, 2011/54, 2012/63, 2012/3123, 2015/7 and 2016/15.

(3)

1979 c. 10.

(4)

The functions under section 3(7) of the Public Lending Right Act 1979 (c. 10) 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). There are other amendments to the Act but none is relevant to this Order.