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


For the purposes of the Scheme, a book is a posthumously eligible book if—
(a) it is a book within the meaning of article 6(2),
(b) the sole author, or at least one of the authors, of the book is a posthumously eligible person, and
(c) the book is either
(i) published within one year before or ten years after the date of that person’s death and that person had made a successful application during his lifetime for registration of Public Lending Right or of an eligible author’s share of the Right in respect of at least one other book, or
(ii) a book which consists of or incorporates a work of that person which had previously been the constituent of or incorporated in a book in relation to which that person had made such an application as aforesaid.

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