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LIBRARIES

Made 6th June 2005

Laid before Parliament 8th June 2005

Coming into force 1st July 2005

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

Whereas the Scheme has been varied^f2;

And whereas the Secretary of State, after consultation with representatives of authors and library authorities and of others who appear likely to be affected, has further varied the Scheme;

Now the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(7) of the Public Lending Right Act 1979^f3 and now vested in her^f4 hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: The Scheme was initially set out in the Appendix to S.I. 1982/719.
f2: By virtue of article 2 of SI 1990/2360, on and after 27th December 1990 the Scheme had effect as set out in Appendix 2 to that Order. Subsequent variations to the Scheme were set out in S.I. 1991/2618; S.I.1996/1338; S.I.1997/1576; S.I. 1998/1218; S.I. 1999/420; S.I. 1999/1042; S.I 2002/3135; S.I. 2004/1258; and S.I. 2004/3128.
f3: 1979 c. 10.
f4: The Secretary of State’s functions under the Public Lending Right Act 1979 were transferred to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster by S.I. 1979/907; from the Chancellor to the Secretary of State by S.I. 1981/207; from the Secretary of State to the Lord President of the Council by S.I. 1983/879; from the Lord President to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster by S.I. 1984/1814; from the Chancellor to the Lord President by S.I. 1986/600; and from the Lord President to the Secretary of State by S.I. 1992/1311.