{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-lending-right-scheme-1982-commencement-of-variations-order-1998/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-lending-right-scheme-1982-commencement-of-variations-order-1998/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1218",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variations) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-lending-right-scheme-1982-commencement-of-variations-order-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LIBRARIES\nMade 13th May 1998\nLaid before Parliament 14th May 1998\nComing into force 6th June 1998\nWhereas the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (“the Scheme”) was brought into force on 14th June 1982;\nWhereas the Scheme has previously been varied;\nAnd 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;\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, 1996/3237 and 1997/1576."
    },
    {
      "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/1998/1218/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:31:01.718915+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."
}