{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-lending-right-scheme-1982-commencement-of-variations-order-1997/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-lending-right-scheme-1982-commencement-of-variations-order-1997/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1576",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variations) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-lending-right-scheme-1982-commencement-of-variations-order-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LIBRARIES\nMade 21st June 1997\nLaid before Parliament 24th June 1997\nComing into force 15th July 1997\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 him, 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 further variations brought into force by S.I. 1991/2618, 1992/3049, 1993/3049, 1996/1338 and 1996/3237."
    },
    {
      "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": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1576/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:06:41.295687+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."
}