
1998 No. 1218
LIBRARIES
The Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variations) Order 1998
Made 13th May 1998
Laid before Parliament 14th May 1998
Coming into force 6th June 1998

Whereas the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (“the Scheme”) was brought into force on 14th June 1982;
Whereas the Scheme has previously been varied;
And whereas the Secretary of State, after consultation with the representatives of authors and library authorities and with others who appear likely to be affected, has further varied the Scheme;

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(7) of the Public Lending Right Act 1979 and now vested in him, hereby makes the following Order:—
1 
This Order may be cited as the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 (Commencement of Variations) Order 1998.
2 
The variation in the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 which was made on 13th May 1998 by the Secretary of State and is set out in the Appendix to this Order shall come into force on 6th June 1998.
Chris Smith
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
13th May 1998
APPENDIX
VARIATIONS IN THE PUBLIC LENDING RIGHT SCHEME 1982 MADE BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON 13th May 1998
1 
Schedule 2 of the Scheme shall be varied by substituting for GROUPS A to the end the following:“
GROUP A
Those within the areas of the following districts or, as the case may be, counties—
 Bedfordshire
 Bracknell Forest
 Brighton and Hove
 Buckinghamshire
 Cambridgeshire
 East Sussex
 Essex
 Hertfordshire
 Medway Council
 Kent
 Luton
 Milton Keynes
 Newbury
 Norfolk
 Northamptonshire
 Oxfordshire
 Peterborough
 Reading
 Slough
 Southend
 Thurrock
 Suffolk
 Surrey
 West Sussex
 Windsor and Maidenhead
 Wokingham

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

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

GROUP D
Those within the areas of the metropolitan districts of England.

GROUP E
Those within the area of Greater London.

GROUP F
Those in Wales.

GROUP G
Those in Scotland.

GROUP H
Those in Northern Ireland.
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