# The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement) Order 1982, Paragraph 6: Eligible books

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

(1) For the purposes of this Scheme, an eligible book is a book (as defined in paragraph (2)) the sole author, or at least one of the authors, of which is an eligible person; and there shall be treated as a separate book—
(a) each volume of a work published in two or more volumes, and
(b) each new edition of a book.
(2) In paragraph (1) “book” means a printed and bound publication (including a paper-back edition) or an audio-book or an e-book but does not include—
(a) a book bearing, in lieu of the name of an author who is a natural person, the name of a body corporate or an unincorporated association;
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) a book which is wholly or mainly a musical score;
(d) a book the copyright of which is vested in the Crown;
(e) a book which has not been offered for sale to the public; ...
(f) a serial publication including, without prejudice to the generality of that expression, a newspaper, magazine, journal or periodical ; or
(g) a book which does not have an International Standard Book Number.
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1982/719/schedule/APPENDIX/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-lending-right-scheme-1982-commencement-order-1982/schedule-APPENDIX/paragraph-6
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