{"id":"F2025L00380","name":"Public Lending Right Scheme (Payment Rates) Modification 2025","slug":"public-lending-right-scheme-payment-rates-modification-2025","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442789,"registerId":"F2025L00380-fast-fetch-1775957725170","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Public Lending Right Scheme (Payment Rates) Modification 2025","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\ntitle: Attachment A Public Lending Right Scheme (Electronic Books and Audiobooks) Modification 2023\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nPublic Lending Right Scheme (Payment Rates) Modification 2025\n\nI, Tony Burke, Minister for the Arts, make the following instrument.\n\n \n\nDated 18 3 2025.  \n\n \n\nTony Burke\n\nMinister for the Arts\n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Schedules\n\nSchedule 1—Modifications\n\nPublic Lending Right Scheme 2016\n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Public Lending Right Scheme (Payment Rates) Modification 2025.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n  The whole of this instrument commences on the day after it is registered.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under paragraph 5(1)(b) of the Public Lending Right Act 1985.\n\n4  Schedules\n\n  The Public Lending Right Scheme 2016 is modified as set out in Schedule 1 to this instrument.\n\nSchedule 1—Modifications\n\nPublic Lending Right Scheme 2016\n\n1  Subsection 14(2)\n\nRepeal the subsection, substitute:\n\n (2) The creators’ public lending right rate of payment is provided by the following table:\n\n| Estimated number of copies of a book | Rate of payment |\n| --- | --- |\n| Up to 1,500 copies | $2.30 per copy |\n| 1,501 – 2,000 copies | $2.32 per copy |\n| 2,001 – 10,000 copies | $2.35 per copy |\n| 10,001 – 60,000 copies | $2.24 per copy |\n| 60,001 copies or more | $1.75 per copy |\n\n\n2  Subsection 15(2)\n\nRepeal the subsection, substitute:\n\n (2) The publishers’ public lending right rate of payment is provided by the following table:\n\n| Estimated number of copies of a book | Rate of payment |\n| --- | --- |\n| Up to 1,500 copies | 57.5 cents per copy |\n| 1,501 – 2,000 copies | 58 cents per copy |\n| 2,001 – 10,000 copies | 58.75 cents per copy |\n| 10,001 – 60,000 copies | 56.0 cents per copy |\n| 60,001 copies or more | 43.75 cents per copy |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the function suggested by its title: modifying payment rates. It does not expand the scheme to new categories of works, alter eligibility criteria, or change administrative procedures. The scope remains strictly limited to updating the dollar amounts in the existing payment structure."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument — only 4 formal sections plus a short schedule","No defined terms section — relies entirely on definitions in the parent Public Lending Right Scheme 2016","Simple mechanical operation — repeals two subsections and substitutes new payment tables","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond the basic authority citation","Straightforward tabular data replacing previous tabular data"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument raises Public Lending Right (PLR) payments so Australian creators and publishers are better compensated when their physical books are borrowed from public libraries. Payments are tiered by estimated copies in circulation: creators receive the higher rates and publishers about 25% of those amounts; very high‑circulation titles receive a lower per‑copy rate to cap bestseller payments.\n\nIt matters because PLR gives authors and illustrators income for public use of their work, helping distribute limited government funding across the literary sector."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change who is covered by the Public Lending Right Scheme. It only replaces the payment-rate tables in the Public Lending Right Scheme 2016 (see Schedule 1: substitutions to subsections 14(2) and 15(2)), leaving eligibility, definitions and other Scheme mechanics unchanged."},"complexity_factors":["Two separate, tiered rate tables are substituted—one for creators (subsection 14(2)) and one for publishers (subsection 15(2)), increasing administrative steps to apply different rates.","Rates vary non-linearly across five quantity bands, including lower rates for very high-volume titles, which complicates revenue projections and budgeting.","Reliance on an 'estimated number of copies' per title requires an underlying estimation process and record-keeping to determine the applicable band (tables in subss.14(2),15(2)).","Commencement is immediate (the day after registration) requiring prompt systems updates (cl. 2); instrument is made under paragraph 5(1)(b) of the Public Lending Right Act 1985 (cl. 3).","The modifications change payment arithmetic only; they do not introduce new eligibility tests, but do shift income distribution between creators and publishers through different per-copy rates."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument updates the per-copy payment rates paid under the Public Lending Right Scheme to creators and publishers by replacing the rate tables in the Scheme (subss. 14(2) and 15(2)). It creates tiered per-copy payments based on the scheme’s estimated number of copies of a title. The change alters how much creators and publishers receive per copy and requires scheme administrators to apply the new tables from commencement (cl. 2) when calculating payments."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/public-lending-right-scheme-payment-rates-modification-2025","history":"/api/acts/public-lending-right-scheme-payment-rates-modification-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/public-lending-right-scheme-payment-rates-modification-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/public-lending-right-scheme-payment-rates-modification-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/public-lending-right-scheme-payment-rates-modification-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/public-lending-right-scheme-payment-rates-modification-2025/documents"}}