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The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement) Order 1982

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APPENDIXPUBLIC LENDING RIGHT SCHEME 1982 ARRANGEMENT OF SCHEME

PART IVASCERTAINMENT OF THE NUMBER OF LOANS OF BOOKS

Method of determining the number of notional loans

42.—(1) The Registrar shall, from the details of loans furnished to him by local library authorities pursuant to the provisions of this Part (upon the accuracy of which the Registrar shall be entitled to rely), calculate, in accordance with paragraph (2), the number of notional loans of each book in respect of which Public Lending Right subsists in each sampling year.

(2) The number of notional loans of each book made during a sampling year shall be the aggregate of the number of notional loans of that book made in all groups; and the number of notional loans for a group shall be determined in accordance with the following formula:—

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  • A represents the number of loans of that book recorded during the sampling year at the operative sampling points in that group;

  • B represents the total number of loans of books made to the public during the sampling year from the operative sampling points in that group; and

  • C represents the aggregate of the loans of all books made to the public from all libraries (within the meaning of section 3(4) of the Act) in the area of the group during the financial year ending in the sampling year in question, or, as regards any particular library for which loan data relating to that financial year is not available to the Registrar, the most recent financial year for which he has such data.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2) any loans of a copy of a book at a particular sampling point in excess of twelve within a month shall be disregarded.

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