Amendment 6
Moved by
6: Clause 1, page 1, line 4, at beginning insert “Except for the
Artist’s Resale Right Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/346) and the
Artist’s Resale Right (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I.
2011/2873),”
Member's explanatory statement
This amendment excludes the Artist’s Resale Right Regulations
2006 and 2011 from the sunset in Clause 1. The Regulations
protect the royalty rights of artists and their heirs.
The (CB):..My Lords, I shall
speak briefly to Amendment 6 in the name of the noble Lord,
, to which I have added
my name. The noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, has said much of what
I was going to say about ARR. I support all the other important
amendments in this group, but I want to draw attention in
particular to the importance of the artist’s resale right and how
important it is for UK artists. I am grateful for the briefing
from the Design and Artists
Copyright Society the rights management
organisation for visual artists in the UK...
...The visual arts play an important role in shaping the
perception of the UK, and in our soft power. The artist’s resale
right is applied when a work is resold through a gallery or
auction house, and it is an invaluable source of income for
visual artists, as the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, pointed out.
It is the equivalent of royalties for musicians and
authors when their work is replayed or reproduced. Earlier, the
Minister, the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, talked about
duplication, but, crucially, the operation of this right depends
on the regulations referred to in this amendment. It does not
depend on the EU or other legislation—it depends on these SIs.
So, there is particular concern here with these regulations...
...The resale right supports emerging artists as well as
established artists. As DACS points out and as
the noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, said, the average artist earns
between £5,000 and £10,000 a year for their work in this area—a
very small amount—and 81% of artists receiving such royalties use
their income to pay for living expenses, including studio rent
and materials. So these royalties can give a much-needed boost to
those artists, which will in turn help to boost the creative
economy...
