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LIBRARIES

Made 26th November 2003

Laid before Parliament 27th November 2003

Coming into force 23rd December 2003

Whereas the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982^f1 (“the Scheme”) was brought into force on 14th June 1982;

Whereas the Scheme has been varied^f2;

And whereas 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;

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 3(7) of the Public Lending Right Act 1979^f3 hereby makes the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1: The Scheme was initially set out in the Appendix to S.I. 1982/719 and is now set out in Appendix 2 to S.I. 1990/2360.
f2: Further variations to the Scheme have been set out in S.I. 1991/2618, S.I. 1996/1338, S.I. 1997/1576, S.I. 1998/1218, S.I. 1999/420, S.I. 1999/1042, S.I. 2000/933 and S.I. 2002/3123.
f3: 1979 c. 10; the functions under this Act were transferred 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).