Bill
Public and Educational Lending Rights (Better Income for Authors) Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions Bill 2026
passed, as at 2026-05-20. Arts portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Arts
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2026-04-01
- second reading — 2026-04-01
- second reading — 2026-05-12
- other — 2026-05-12
- second reading — 2026-05-13
- second reading — 2026-05-13
- other — 2026-05-13
- third reading — 2026-05-13
- introduced — 2026-05-14
- second reading — 2026-05-14
- second reading — 2026-05-14
- second reading — 2026-05-14
- third reading — 2026-05-14
- passed — 2026-05-14
- royal assent — 2026-05-20
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2026-04-01.
This bill makes technical changes and transitional rules that go with a new law on payments to authors when libraries lend their books.
It would repeal the 1985 Act that currently covers public lending rights and shift arrangements to a new scheme set up by a different bill.
The explanatory memorandum does not specify the date these changes start or list every Act amended.
- Repeal the Public Lending Right Act 1985.
- Provide transitional rules so the old system runs smoothly into the new one.
- Allow a new scheme to be created by legislative instrument under the companion bill.
Authors, libraries, and government agencies involved in the public and educational lending rights schemes.
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