# The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Amendment) Order 1984, Article 10: Evidence required in connection with the application


There shall be substituted for Article 18 of the Scheme the following Article:—
“18 The Registrar may require the submission of evidence to satisfy him that—
(a) a book is an eligible book,
(b) a person applying as author for the first registration of Public Lending Right, or the registration of a share of the Right, is in fact the author of that book and is an eligible person, or
(c) that any co-author who is not a party to an application for first registration of Public Lending Right is dead or cannot be traced despite all reasonable steps having been taken to do so,
and may for the purpose of obtaining any such evidence require a statutory declaration to be made by any person.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1984/1847/article/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-lending-right-scheme-1982-amendment-order-1984/article-10
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