Artist's Resale Right (ARR) Regulations 2006
This law applies from 13 February 2006, throughout the UK. ARR secures a proportion of the ongoing value of a work for artists and beneficiaries. Royalties are payable to artists from the UK, Australia, New Zealand and the EEA and their beneficiaries, on works resold for £1000 or more by art market professionals.
Types of work covered
“Work” is defined as “any work of graphic or plastic art such as a picture, a collage, a painting, a drawing, an engraving, a print, a lithograph, a sculpture, a tapestry, a ceramic, an item of glassware or a photograph”.
A copy of a work is only understood as a “work” if it is one of a limited number made by the author, or under their instruction.
Amount of payment due
What’s payable is calculated as a percentage of the sale price. However, the total ARR royalty payable on the sale of a work is capped at £12,500.
Percentages by sale price:
- £0 to £50,000 = 4%
- £50,000.01 to £200,000 = 3%
- £200,000.01 to £350,000 = 1%
- £350,000.01 to £500,000 = 0.5%
- Above £500,000 = 0.25%
Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006
From the linked Legislation.gov.uk pages, you can also find amendments to any regulations made under the Artist’s Resale Right (Amendment) Regulations 2011.
The next 4 sections on this page contain links through to relevant parts of the Regulations on Legislation.gov.uk.
About the Regulations
What the Artist’s resale right regulations cover
- Artist's resale right
- Works covered
- Joint authorship
- Proof of authorship
- Assignment etc.
- Waiver etc.
- Transmission and vesting of resale right
- Requirements as to nationality etc.
- Trusts
- "Resale"
- Liability to pay resale royalty
- Collective management
- Right to information
- Transitional provisions
- Sales before 1st January 2010