Statutory Instruments
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(1) (“the Scheme”) was brought into force on 14th June 1982;
Whereas the Scheme has previously been varied(2);
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(3) and now vested in him(4), 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
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force a variation to the Public Lending Right Scheme 1982 made by the Secretary of State on 13th May 1998.
The variation is set out in the Appendix. The effect of the variation is that Schedule 2 to the Scheme which groups service points, is amended in consequence of local government reorganisation, and set out in consolidated form.
“APPENDIXVARIATIONS 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.””
(1)
The Scheme is set out in the Appendix to S.I. 1982/719.
(2)
The Scheme as varied is set out in Appendix 2 to S.I. 1990/2360 subject to further variations brought into force by S.I. 1991/2618, 1992/3049, 1993/3049, 1996/1338, 1996/3237 and 1997/1576.
(3)
1979 c. 10.
(4)
S.I. 1979/907, 1981/207, 1983/879, 1984/1814, 1986/600, 1992/1311.
