Contents

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ........................................................................ 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1

2A......... Objects of Act ..................................................................................... 1

3............ Interpretation ....................................................................................... 1

4............ Extension to external Territories .......................................................... 2

5............ Public Lending Right Scheme ............................................................. 2

6............ Payments under scheme ...................................................................... 3

7............ Public Lending Right Committee ........................................................ 4

8............ Functions of Committee ...................................................................... 4

9............ Membership of Committee .................................................................. 4

10.......... Remuneration and allowances ............................................................. 5

11.......... Resignation ......................................................................................... 6

12.......... Termination of office ........................................................................... 6

13.......... Acting Chairperson ............................................................................. 6

14.......... Acting members .................................................................................. 6

15.......... Disclosure of interests ......................................................................... 7

16.......... Meetings ............................................................................................. 7

16A....... Conduct of meetings ........................................................................... 8

16B....... Resolutions without meetings ............................................................. 8

17.......... Delegation ........................................................................................... 9

18.......... Staff .................................................................................................. 10

19.......... Annual report .................................................................................... 10

20.......... Review of certain decisions of Committee ........................................ 10

21.......... Statements to accompany notification of decisions ............................ 11

22.......... Offences ............................................................................................ 12

23.......... Recovery of overpayments ................................................................ 13

24.......... Evidence of payment ......................................................................... 13

25.......... Payments inalienable ......................................................................... 13

26.......... Payment to personal representative ................................................... 13

27.......... Regulations ....................................................................................... 13

Notes                                                                                                                                              15

Notes to the Public Lending Right Act 1985

Note 1

The Public Lending Right Act 1985 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 200, 1985 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

For all relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions see Table A.

The Public Lending Right Act 1985 was modified by the A.C.T. Self-Government (Consequential Provisions) Regulations as amended see Table B.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Public Lending Right Act 1985	200, 1985	16 Dec 1985	1 July 1987 (see Gazette 1987, No. S131)
Arts, Environment, Tourism and Territories Legislation Amendment Act 1990	88, 1990	20 Nov 1990	Part 8 (ss. 24-26): Royal Assent (a)		--
Statute Law Revision Act 1985	43, 1996	25 Oct 1996	Schedule 4 (item 124): Royal Assent (b)		--
Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999	146, 1999	11 Nov 1999	Schedule 1 (item 753): 5 Dec 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S584) (c)		--
Criminal Code Amendment (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Act 2000	137, 2000	24 Nov 2000	Ss. 1-3 and Schedule 1 (items 1, 4, 6, 7, 9-11, 32): Royal Assent Remainder: 24 May 2001		Sch. 2 (items 418, 419)
Communications and the Arts Legislation Amendment Act 2001	46, 2001	5 June 2001	5 June 2001		S. 4
Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011	46, 2011	27 June 2011	Schedule 2 (items 944-952) and Schedule 3 (items 10, 11): 27 Dec 2011		Sch. 3 (items 10, 11)

(a)     The Public Lending Right Act 1985 was amended by Part 8 (sections 24-26) only of the Arts, Environment, Tourism and Territories Legislation Amendment Act 1990, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Parts 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(b)     The Public Lending Right Act 1985 was amended by Schedule 4 (item 124) only of the Statute Law Revision Act 1996, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(c)     The Public Lending Right Act 1985 was amended by Schedule 1 (item 753) only of the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:

                 (1)   In this Act, commencing time means the time when the Public Service Act 1999 commences.

                 (2)   Subject to this section, this Act commences at the commencing time.

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted   am. = amended  rep. = repealed  rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
S. 2A...................................	ad. No. 46, 2001
S. 5......................................	am. No. 46, 2001
S. 9......................................	am. No. 88, 1990
S. 10....................................	am. No. 43, 1996
S. 13....................................	am. No. 46, 2011
Note to s. 13.......................	ad. No. 46, 2011
S. 14....................................	am. No. 46, 2011
Note to s. 14(1)..................	ad. No. 46, 2011
Ss. 16A, 16B.......................	ad. No. 88, 1990
S. 18....................................	am. No. 146, 1999
S. 22....................................	am. No. 137, 2000

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Criminal Code Amendment (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Act 2000 (No. 137, 2000)

Schedule 2

418  Transitional--pre-commencement offences

(1)       Despite the amendment or repeal of a provision by this Schedule, that provision continues to apply, after the commencement of this item, in relation to:

                     (a)  an offence committed before the commencement of this item; or

                     (b)  proceedings for an offence alleged to have been committed before the commencement of this item; or

                     (c)  any matter connected with, or arising out of, such proceedings;

as if the amendment or repeal had not been made.

(2)       Subitem (1) does not limit the operation of section 8 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

419  Transitional--pre-commencement notices

If:

                     (a)  a provision in force immediately before the commencement of this item required that a notice set out the effect of one or more other provisions; and

                     (b)  any or all of those other provisions are repealed by this Schedule; and

                     (c)  the first-mentioned provision is amended by this Schedule;

the amendment of the first-mentioned provision by this Schedule does not affect the validity of such a notice that was given before the commencement of this item.

Communications and the Arts Legislation Amendment Act 2001
(No. 46, 2001)

4  Application provision--Public Lending Right Scheme

                   The amendments of the Public Lending Right Act 1985 made by Schedule 1 to this Act apply in relation to claims made after the commencement of this Act.

Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011 (No. 46, 2011)

Schedule 3

10  Saving--appointments

The amendments made by Schedule 2 do not affect the validity of an appointment that was made under an Act before the commencement of this item and that was in force immediately before that commencement.

11  Transitional regulations

The Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or application provisions) relating to the amendments and repeals made by Schedules 1 and 2.

Table B

Modifications

Section 8--The Public Lending Right Act 1985 was modified by regulation 2 and Schedule 1 of the A.C.T. Self-Government (Consequential Provisions) Regulations as amended. The modification of Schedule 1 is set out below and is not incorporated in this compilation.

Subsection 8(2):

After "a State, by" insert "the Australian Capital Territory or".