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Public Lending Right Scheme (Payment Rates) Modification 2024

I, Tony Burke, Minister for the Arts, make the following instrument.

 

Dated  27 March 2024.

 

Tony Burke

Minister for the Arts

 

Contents

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Schedules

Schedule 1—Modifications

Public Lending Right Scheme 2016

 

1  Name

  This instrument is the Public Lending Right Scheme (Payment Rates) Modification 2024.

2  Commencement

  The whole of this instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under paragraph 5(1)(b) of the Public Lending Right Act 1985.

4  Schedules

  The Public Lending Right Scheme 2016 is modified as set out in Schedule 1 to this instrument.

Schedule 1Modifications

Public Lending Right Scheme 2016

1  Subsection 14(2)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

 (2) The creators’ public lending right rate of payment is provided by the following table:

Estimated number of copies of a book

Rate of payment

Up to 2,000 copies

$2.30 per copy

2,001 – 5,000 copies

$2.28 per copy

5,001 – 20,000 copies

$2.26 per copy

20,001 – 70,000 copies

$2.20 per copy

70,001 copies or more

$1.89 per copy

2  Subsection 15(2)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

 (2) The publishers’ public lending right rate of payment is provided by the following table:

Estimated number of copies of a book

Rate of payment

Up to 2,000 copies

57.5 cents per copy

2,001 – 5,000 copies

57.0 cents per copy

5,001 – 20,000 copies

56.5 cents per copy

20,001 – 70,000 copies

55.0 cents per copy

70,001 copies or more

47.25 cents per copy