
1 
This Order may be cited as the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variations) Order 1997.
2 
The variations in the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 which were made on 21st June 1997 by the Secretary of State and are set out in the Appendix to this Order shall come into force on 15th July 1997.
Chris Smith
Secretary of State for National Heritage
21st June 1997
APPENDIX
1 
Article 4(1)(b) of the Scheme shall be varied by deleting “(within the meaning of section 48 of the Copyright Act 1956)”.
2 
Article 9(A) of the Scheme shall be varied by substituting for paragraph (4) the following—“
(4) Each eligible person’s share of Public Lending Right in respect of a book with two or more authors (including any who are not eligible persons but disregarding a translator, editor or compiler) shall not exceed fifty per cent. of that Right unless the Registrar is satisfied that any share exceeding fifty per cent. which is specified in accordance with article 17(1)(c) in the application for first registration of the Right or in accordance with article 17(2) in the application for first registration of an eligible author’s share of the Right is reasonable in relation to that author’s contribution.”
3 
Article 20 of the Scheme shall be varied by substituting “seventy” for “fifty”.
4 
Article 36 of the Scheme shall be varied by substituting “38(5)” for “38(6)”.
5 
Articles 39, 40(1) and 44(1) of the Scheme shall be varied by substituting “38(5)(a)” for “38(6)(a)”.
6 
Article 46(3) of the Scheme shall be varied by substituting “£5” for “£1”.
7 
Schedule 2 to the Scheme shall be varied by substituting for “GROUP A” to the end the following—“
GROUP AThose within the areas of the following districts or, as the case may be, counties:—
Bedfordshire Essex Northamptonshire
Berkshire Hertfordshire Oxfordshire
Brighton and Hove Kent Suffolk
Buckinghamshire Luton Surrey
Cambridgeshire Milton Keynes West Sussex
East Sussex Norfolk

GROUP BThose within the areas of the following districts or, as the case may be, counties:—
Bath and North East Somerset Dorset Shropshire
Bournemouth Gloucestershire Somerset
City of Bristol Hampshire Hereford and Worcester
City of Portsmouth Staffordshire South Gloucestershire
City of Southampton The Isle of Wight Swindon
City of Stoke-on-Trent The Isles of Scilly Warwickshire
Cornwall North Somerset Wiltshire
Devon Poole

GROUP CThose within the areas of the following districts or, as the case may be, counties:—
Cheshire East Riding of Yorkshire Northumberland
City of Derby Hartlepool North Yorkshire
City of Kingston upon Hull Lancashire Nottinghamshire
City of Leicester Leicestershire Redcar and Cleveland
Cumbria Lincolnshire Rutland
Darlington Middlesbrough Stockton-on-Tees
Derbyshire North East Lincolnshire York
Durham North Lincolnshire

GROUP DThose within the areas of the metropolitan districts of England.

GROUP EThose within the area of Greater London.

GROUP FThose in Wales.

GROUP GThose in Scotland.

GROUP HThose in Northern Ireland.
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