{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-lending-right-scheme-1982-commencement-of-variations-order-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-lending-right-scheme-1982-commencement-of-variations-order-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1338",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variations) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-lending-right-scheme-1982-commencement-of-variations-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LIBRARIES\nMade 16th May 1996\nLaid before Parliament 23rd May 1996\nComing into force 14th June 1996\nWhereas the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (“the Scheme”) was brought into force on 14th June 1982;\nWhereas the Scheme has been varied;\nAnd whereas the Secretary of State has, after consultation with the representatives of authors and library authorities and of others who appear likely to be affected, further varied the Scheme;\nNow therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(7) of the Public Lending Right Act 1979 and now vested in her, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The Scheme is set out in the Appendix to S.I. 1982/719."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The Scheme as varied is set out in Appendix 2 to S.I. 1990/2360 subject to the further variations brought into force by S.I. 1991/2618, 1992/3049, 1993/3049."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1979 c. 10."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1979/907, 1981/207, 1983/879, 1984/1814, 1986/600, 1992/1311."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1338/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:43:29.869431+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}