2005 No. 3351
LIBRARIES
The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variation) (No. 2) Order 2005
Made 1st December 2005
Laid before Parliament 6th December 2005
Coming into force 29th December 2005

The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (“the Scheme”) was brought into force on 14th June 1982;
The Scheme was initially set out in the Appendix to S.I.1982/719 and is now set out in Appendix 2 to S.I.1990/2360.
The Scheme has been varied;
Other variations to the Scheme have been 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.2000/933, S.I.2003/839, S.I.2003/3045, S.I.2004/1258, S.I.2004/3128 and S.I.2005/1519.
The Secretary of State, after consultation with the representatives of authors and library authorities and with others who appear likely to be affected, has further varied the Scheme;
Accordingly, the Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(7) of the Public Lending Right Act 1979:
1979 c. 10; the functions under the Act were transferred to the Secretary of State by virtue of article 3(1) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Transfer of Functions (National Heritage) Order 1992 (S.I.1992/1311).

1 Citation
This Order may be cited as The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variation)(No.2) Order 2005.

2 Commencement of variation
The variation of the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 made by the Secretary of State on 1st December 2005, whereby paragraph 1(a) of Article 46 was varied by substituting “5.57p” for “5.26p”, shall come into force on 29th December 2005.
David Lammy Minister for Culture Department for Culture, Media and Sport 1st December 2005

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 29th December 2005 a variation to the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 made by the Secretary of State on 1st December 2005.
The Public Lending Right Scheme provides for payments to be made to authors based on the number of times their books are lent out by public libraries. The effect of the variation is to increase the rate per loan as set out in article 46(1)(a) of the Scheme from 5.26p to 5.57p. The rate per loan is the sum attributable to each qualifying loan for the purpose of calculating the amount payable in respect of loans of a particular book by public libraries.