# The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement) Order 1982, Paragraph 18: Evidence required in connection with the applications

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The Board may require the submission of evidence to satisfy the Board that—
(a) a book is an eligible book,
(b) a person applying as author for the first registration of Public Lending Right, or the registration of a share of the Right, is in fact the author of that book and is an eligible person, ...
(c) ... any co-author who is not a party to an application for first registration of Public Lending Right is dead or cannot be traced despite all reasonable steps having been taken to do so, and
(d) where such an application as is mentioned in article 17(1)(c)(iv) has been made in accordance with paragraph (1) or (2) of that article—
(i) there is such an agreement or arrangement as is mentioned in article 17(1)(c)(iv), and
(ii) the share of Public Lending Right of the person making the application is as specified in that agreement or arrangement.
and may for the purpose of obtaining any such evidence require a statutory declaration to be made by any person.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/719/schedule/APPENDIX/paragraph/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-lending-right-scheme-1982-commencement-order-1982/schedule-APPENDIX/paragraph-18
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