The Public Lending Right (Increase of Limit) Order 1991

Made27th March 1991

Coming into force1st April 1991

Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before the House ofCommons in accordance with section 2(3) of the Public Lending Right Act19791 and has been approved by a resolution of that House:

Now, therefore, the Lord President of the Council, in exercise of thepowers conferred by the said section 2(3) and now vested in him2, and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes thefollowing Order:—

1

This Order may be cited as the Public Lending Right (Increase ofLimit) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1 April 1991.

2

The limit on the sums to be paid under section 2(2) of the PublicLending Right Act 1979 out of money provided by Parliament into theCentral Fund to satisfy the liabilities of any one financial year of theFund shall, in respect of any financial year beginning after 31st March1991, be increased to £4.75 million less the total of any sumspaid in that year, out of money so provided, under paragraph 2 of theSchedule to that Act (pay, pension, etc of Registrar).

John MacGregorLord President of the Council27th March 1991

Sydney ChapmanThomas SackvilleTwo of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury27th March 1991

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 2(2) of the Public Lending Right Act 1979 limits the sumswhich are to be paid into the Central Fund out of money provided byParliament for the purpose of satisfying liabilities of the Fund inrespect of the public lending right in any one financial year. The limitwas raised by the Public Lending Right (Increase of Limit) Order 1988(S.I.1988/609) in respect of any financial year beginning after 31stMarch 1988 to £3.5 million less the total of any sums paid inthat year out of moneys provided by Parliament in respect of the pay,pension etc of the Registrar of Public Lending Right. This Order furtherincreases the figure of £3.5 million to £4.75million with effect from the beginning of the 1991/92 financial year.