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The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variations) Order 1998

S.I. 1998/1218 · Made 13 May 1998

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Made 13th May 1998

Laid before Parliament 14th May 1998

Coming into force 6th June 1998

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

Whereas the Scheme has previously been variedf2;

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 by section 3(7) of the Public Lending Right Act 1979f3 and now vested in himf4, hereby makes the following Order:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

The Scheme is set out in the Appendix to S.I. 1982/719.

f2

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, 1996/3237 and 1997/1576.

f3

1979 c. 10.

f4

S.I. 1979/907, 1981/207, 1983/879, 1984/1814, 1986/600, 1992/1311.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule APPENDIX: VARIATIONS IN THE PUBLIC LENDING RIGHT SCHEME 1982 MADE BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON 13th May 1998
  5. 1Paragraph 1
  6. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variations) Order 1998.

2

The variation in the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 which was made on 13th May 1998 by the Secretary of State and is set out in the Appendix to this Order shall come into force on 6th June 1998.

Signature

Chris Smith

Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

13th May 1998

1

Schedule 2 of the Scheme shall be varied by substituting for GROUPS A to the end the following:

“GROUP A

Those within the areas of the following districts or, as the case may be, counties—

  • Bedfordshire

  • Bracknell Forest

  • Brighton and Hove

  • Buckinghamshire

  • Cambridgeshire

  • East Sussex

  • Essex

  • Hertfordshire

  • Medway Council

  • Kent

  • Luton

  • Milton Keynes

  • Newbury

  • Norfolk

  • Northamptonshire

  • Oxfordshire

  • Peterborough

  • Reading

  • Slough

  • Southend

  • Thurrock

  • Suffolk

  • Surrey

  • West Sussex

  • Windsor and Maidenhead

  • Wokingham

GROUP B

Those within the areas of the following districts or, as the case may be, counties—

  • Bath and North East Somerset

  • Bournemouth

  • City of Bristol

  • City of Portsmouth

  • City of Southampton

  • City of Stoke-on-Trent

  • Cornwall

  • Devon

  • Dorset

  • Gloucestershire

  • Hampshire

  • Herefordshire

  • The Isle of Wight

  • The Isles of Scilly

  • North Somerset

  • Plymouth

  • Poole

  • Shropshire

  • Somerset

  • South Gloucestershire

  • Staffordshire

  • Swindon

  • Torbay

  • Warwickshire

  • Wiltshire

  • Worcestershire

  • The Wrekin

GROUP C

Those within the areas of the following districts or, as the case may be, counties—

  • Blackburn

  • Blackpool

  • Cheshire

  • City of Derby

  • City of Kingston upon Hull

  • City of Leicester

  • Cumbria

  • Darlington

  • Derbyshire

  • Durham

  • East Riding of Yorkshire

  • Halton

  • Hartlepool

  • Lancashire

  • Leicestershire

  • Lincolnshire

  • Nottingham

  • Middlesbrough

  • North East Lincolnshire

  • North Lincolnshire

  • Northumberland

  • North Yorkshire

  • Nottinghamshire

  • Redcar and Cleveland

  • Rutland

  • Stockton-on-Tees

  • Warrington

  • York

GROUP D

Those within the areas of the metropolitan districts of England.

GROUP E

Those within the area of Greater London.

GROUP F

Those in Wales.

GROUP G

Those in Scotland.

GROUP H

Those in Northern Ireland.”

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force a variation to the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 made by the Secretary of State on 13th May 1998.

The variation is set out in the Appendix. The effect of the variation is that Schedule 2 to the Scheme which groups service points, is amended in consequence of local government reorganisation, and set out in consolidated form.