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United Kingdom Open Parliament Licence v3.0
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Open Parliament Licence
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You are encouraged to use and re-use the information that
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is available under this licence freely and flexibly, with
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only a few conditions. Using information under this licence
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Use of copyright and database right material made
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available under this licence (the ‘information’) indicates
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your acceptance of the terms and conditions below.
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The Licensor grants you a worldwide, royalty-free,
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perpetual, non-exclusive licence to use the
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information subject to the conditions below.
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This licence does not affect your freedom under
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fair dealing or fair use or any other copyright
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or database right exceptions and limitations.
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You are free to:
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* copy, publish, distribute and transmit the information
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* adapt the information
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* exploit the information commercially and non-commercially,
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for example, by combining it with other information,
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or by including it in your own product or application
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You must (where you do any of the above):
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* acknowledge the source of the information in your
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product or application by including the following
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attribution statement and, where possible, provide a
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link to this licence: Contains Parliamentary information
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licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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These are important conditions of this licence and
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if you fail to comply with them the rights granted to
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you under this licence, or any similar licence granted
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by the Licensor, will end automatically.
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Exemptions
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This licence does not cover the use of:
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* personal data in the information;
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* information that has neither been published nor disclosed
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under information access legislation (including the
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Freedom of Information Acts for the UK and Scotland) by or
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with the consent of the Licensor;
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* the Royal Arms and the Crowned Portcullis;
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* third party rights the Licensor is not authorised to license;
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* information subject to other intellectual property rights,
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including patents, trademarks, and design rights
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Non-endorsment
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This licence does not grant you any right to use the
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information in a way that suggests any official status or
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that the Licensor endorses you or your use of the Information.
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No warranty
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The information is licensed ‘as is’ and the
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Licensor excludes all representations, warranties,
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obligations and liabilities in relation to the
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information to the maximum extent permitted by law.
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The Licensor is not liable for any errors or omissions in
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the information and shall not be liable for any loss, injury
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or damage of any kind caused by its use. The Licensor does
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not guarantee the continued supply of the information.
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Governing law
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This licence is governed by the laws of England and Wales.
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Definitions
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In this licence, the terms below have the following meanings:
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‘Information’ means information protected by copyright
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or by database right (for example, literary and
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artistic works, content, data and source code)
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offered for use under the terms of this licence.
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‘Information Provider’ means either House of Parliament.
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‘Licensor’ means—
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(a) in relation to copyright, the Speaker of the House of
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Commons and the Clerk of the Parliaments representing
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the House of Commons and House of Lords respectively, and
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(b) in relation to database right, the Corporate
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Officer of the House of Commons and the Corporate
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Officer of the House of Lords respectively.
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‘Use’ means doing any act which is restricted by copyright
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or database right, whether in the original medium or in any
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other medium, and includes without limitation distributing,
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copying, adapting and modifying as may be technically
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necessary to use it in a different mode or format.
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‘You’ means the natural or legal person, or body of persons
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corporate or incorporate, acquiring rights under this licence.
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About the Open Parliament Licence
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This is version 3.0 of the Open Parliament Licence. The
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Licensor may, from time to time, issue new versions of the
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Open Parliament Licence. However, you may continue to use
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information licensed under this version should you wish to do so.
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The information licensed under the Open Parliament
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Licence includes Parliamentary information in which
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Crown copyright subsists. Further context, best practice
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and guidance relating to the re-use of public sector
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information can be found in the UK Government Licensing
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Framework section on The National Archives website.
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