(This note is not part of the Order)
With effect from 1st April 1996 certain changes were made to local Government in England, Scotland and Wales. This Order brings into force on 14th June 1996 variations to the Public Lending Right Scheme (the “Scheme”) made to take account of those changes and to effect certain other matters.
The principal changes to the Scheme were effected by:
(1) amending Articles 38(2)(c) and (e) by including the principal area of Powys; and by deleting the previous references to certain counties and districts and substituting new principal areas;
(2) referring in Article 38(2)(d) to the Cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow; and
(3) adding to Groups B and C in Schedule 2 the new county and district area of York and those county and district areas which on 1st April 1996 replaced Avon, Cleveland and Humberside.