# The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement) Order 1982, Paragraph 5: Eligible persons

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

(1) For the purposes of the Scheme, and in relation to each application by a person relating to an eligible book, the applicant is an eligible person if he is an author (within the meaning of Article 4) of that book who at the date of the application has his only or principal home in the United Kingdom or an EEA State or, if he has no home, has been present in the United Kingdom or an EEA State for not less than twelve months out of the preceding twenty-four months.
(2) In this Article, “principal home”, in the case of a person having more than one home means that one of those homes at which he has been for the longest aggregate period during the twenty-four months immediately preceding the application for registration.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/719/schedule/APPENDIX/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-lending-right-scheme-1982-commencement-order-1982/schedule-APPENDIX/paragraph-5
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