The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Registrar of Public Lending Right) Order 2013

Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Public Bodies (Abolition of the Registrar of Public Lending Right) Order 2013.

(2) Except as provided by paragraph (3), this Order comes into force on 1st October 2013 or if the Order is made on or after 1st October 2013, the day after the day on which it is made.

(3) Paragraph 15 of Schedule 1, and article 7(1) so far as relating to that paragraph, come into force on the day after the day determined by paragraph (2).

(4) The amendments, repeals and revocations made by article 7 and Schedules 1 and 2 have the same extent as the provisions to which they relate.

(5) In this Order—

“the 1979 Act” means the Public Lending Right Act 1979(1);

“the Board” means the British Library Board;

“the Registrar” means the Registrar of Public Lending Right(2);

“the Scheme” means the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982(3);

“the transfer date” means the day on which this Order (other than as provided in paragraph (3)) comes into force.

(6) Articles 4 and 8 (in so far as article 8 applies to property, rights and liabilities transferred under article 4) constitute a transfer scheme under section 23(1) of the Act.

(1)

1979 c. 10.

(2)

The Registrar of Public Lending Right was established under section 1(3) of and the Schedule to the Public Lending Right Act 1979 (c. 10).

(3)

The Scheme was brought into force by S.I. 1982/719 and was set out in the Appendix to that order. It is now set out in Appendix 2 to S.I. 1990/2360. The Scheme has since been amended by the following orders: S.I. 1991/2618, 1996/1338, 1997/1576, 1998/1218, 1999/420, 1999/1042, 2002/3135, 2004/1258, 2005/1519 and 2012/3123.