The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variations) Order 1988

9.  The following new article shall be inserted after article 14—

“Forms of application in respect of posthumously eligible books

14A.   An application under article 17B for first registration of Public Lending Right, or of a posthumously eligible person’s share of the Right, in relation to a posthumously eligible book shall be made in writing to the Registrar and shall provide in such form as he may from time to time require

(a) the information specified in paragraphs 1 to 4 of Part I of Schedule 1 other than the address specified in paragraph 4,

(b) a statement signed by the personal representatives of the posthumously eligible person that the conditions as to eligibility specified in articles 5A and 6A are satisfied, and

(c) in the case of a work by more than one author, a statement signed as aforesaid that the posthumously eligible person in relation to whom the application is being made was translator, editor or compiler or illustrator of the book and that the claim to Public Lending Right in respect thereof is limited to the percentage prescribed in article 9A(2), (3) or (5)(b)(ii) or that the other author, or one of the other authors, of the work is a translator and that the claim to Public Lending Right in respect thereof is limited to that share or to a share of that share to which the translator is not entitled,

and shall be accompanied, when the personal representatives have not previously made an application under article 17B in relation to that posthumously eligible person, by

(i) the probate, letters of administration or confirmation of executors of the posthumously eligible person in relation to whom the application is being made, and

(ii) a certificate signed by a Member of Parliament, Justice of the Peace, Minister of Religion, lawyer, bank officer, school teacher, police officer, doctor or other person accepted by the Registrar as being of similar standing and stating that he had known the posthumously eligible person in relation to whom the application is being made for at least two years before the date of his death, that he was not related to him and that to the best of his knowledge the contents of the statement referred to in sub-paragraph (b) are true.”.