The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variation) Order 2023
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2023/21 |
| Year | 2023 |
2023 No. 21
Libraries
The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variation) Order 2023
Made 10th January 2023
Laid before Parliament 16th January 2023
Coming into force 13th February 2023
The Public Lending Right Scheme 19821(“the Scheme”) was brought into force on 14th June 1982;
The Scheme has been varied2;
The Secretary of State, after consultation with representatives of authors and library authorities and of others who appear to be likely to be affected, has further varied the Scheme;
Accordingly the Secretary of State, in whom the power conferred by section 3(7) of the Public Lending Right Act 19793is now vested4, makes the following Order in exercise of that power:
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variation) Order 2023 and comes into force on 13th February 2023.
(2) This Order extends to the United Kingdom.
Commencement of Variation
2. The variation of the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 whereby article 46(1)(a) is varied by substituting “30.53p” for “11.26p”, comes into force on 13th February 2023.
Parkinson of Whitley Bay
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
10th January 2023
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 13th February 2023 a variation of the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (“the Scheme”) made by the Secretary of State.
The Scheme provides for payments to be made to authors based on the number of times their books are lent out by public libraries. This includes remote loans of e-books and audio books. The effect of the variation is to increase the rate per loan set out in article 46(1)(a) of the Scheme from 11.26p to 30.53p. The rate per loan is the sum attributable to each qualifying loan for the purpose of calculating the amount payable in respect of loans of a particular book by public libraries.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.
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