(1)This Act may be cited as the Public Lending Right Act 1979.
(2)In this Act any reference to “the scheme” is to the scheme prepared and brought into force by the Secretary of State in accordance with sections 1 and 3 of this Act (including the scheme as varied from time to time under section 3(7); and—
[F1“author”, in relation to a work recorded as a sound recording, includes a producer or narrator; ]
[F2“the Board” means the British Library Board established under section 1(2) of the British Library Act 1972;]
[F1“book” includes—
a work recorded as a sound recording and consisting mainly of spoken words (an “audio-book”), and
a work, other than an audio-book, recorded in electronic form and consisting mainly of (or of any combination of) written or spoken words or still pictures (an “e-book”);
[F3“lent out” means made available to a member of the public for use away from library premises for a limited time (including by being communicated by means of electronic transmission to a place other than library premises) and “loan” and “borrowed” are to be read accordingly;]
“library premises” has the meaning given in section 8(7) of the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964;]
“local library authority” means—
“prescribed” means prescribed by the scheme;
[F4“producer” has the meaning given in section 178 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988;]
“the register” means the register required by section 1(4) to be established and maintained by the [F5Board] ; F6...
F7...
[F8“sound recording” has the meaning given in section 5A(1) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.]
(3)This Act comes into force on a day to be appointed by an order made by the the Secretary of State in a statutory instrument to be laid before Parliament after it has been made.
(4)This Act extends to Northern Ireland.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 5(2) inserted (30.6.2014) by Digital Economy Act 2010 (c. 24), ss. 43(2), 47(3)(d); S.I. 2014/1659, art. 2
F2Words in s. 5(2) inserted (1.10.2013) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Registrar of Public Lending Right) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2352), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 11(a) (with art. 8)
F3Definition in s. 5(2) substituted (30.6.2018 for E.W.S., 30.6.2021 for N.I.) by Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), ss. 31(1), 118(6); S.I. 2018/690, reg. 2; S.I. 2021/680, reg. 2
F4Words in s. 5(2) inserted (30.6.2014) by Digital Economy Act 2010 (c. 24), ss. 43(3), 47(3)(d); S.I. 2014/1659, art. 2
F5Word in s. 5(2) substituted (1.10.2013) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Registrar of Public Lending Right) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2352), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 11(b) (with art. 8)
F6Word in s. 5(2) omitted (30.6.2014) by virtue of Digital Economy Act 2010 (c. 24), ss. 43(4), 47(3)(d), Sch. 2; S.I. 2014/1659, art. 2
F7Words in s. 5(2) omitted (1.10.2013) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Registrar of Public Lending Right) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2352), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 11(c) (with art. 8)
F8Words in s. 5(2) inserted (30.6.2014) by Digital Economy Act 2010 (c. 24), ss. 43(5), 47(3)(d) (as amended (1.10.2013) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of the Registrar of Public Lending Right) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2352), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 14 (with art. 8); S.I. 2014/1659, art. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Power of appointment conferred by s. 5(3) fully exercised: S.I. 1980/83, art. 2
Marginal Citations