# The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variation) Order 2025, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 5th February 2025 a variation of the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (“the Scheme”) made by the Secretary of State.
The Scheme provides for payments to be made to authors from a central fund in respect of the loan of their books by public libraries in the UK (including remote loans of e-books and audio books). These payments are based on an estimate of the total number of times each book has been borrowed (the number of “notional loans”) over the relevant year, together with a “rate per loan” amount specified in the Scheme. The effect of the variation is to reduce the rate per loan set out in article 46(1)(a) of the Scheme from 13.69p to 11.76p.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/11/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-lending-right-scheme-1982-commencement-of-variation-order-2025/note
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