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     1  United Kingdom Open Parliament Licence v3.0
     2  
     3  Open Parliament Licence
     4  
     5  You are encouraged to use and re-use the information that
     6  is available under this licence freely and flexibly, with
     7  only a few conditions. Using information under this licence
     8  
     9  Use of copyright and database right material made
    10  available under this licence (the ‘information’) indicates
    11  your acceptance of the terms and conditions below.
    12  
    13  The Licensor grants you a worldwide, royalty-free,
    14  perpetual, non-exclusive licence to use the
    15  information subject to the conditions below.
    16  
    17  This licence does not affect your freedom under
    18  fair dealing or fair use or any other copyright
    19  or database right exceptions and limitations.
    20  
    21  You are free to:
    22      * copy, publish, distribute and transmit the information
    23      * adapt the information 
    24      * exploit the information commercially and non-commercially, 
    25      for example, by combining it with other information, 
    26      or by  including it in your own product or application
    27  
    28  You must (where you do any of the above):
    29      * acknowledge the source of the information in your
    30      product or application by including the following
    31      attribution statement and, where possible, provide a
    32      link to this licence: Contains Parliamentary information
    33      licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
    34  
    35  These are important conditions of this licence and
    36  if you fail to comply with them the rights granted to
    37  you under this licence, or any similar licence granted
    38  by the Licensor, will end automatically. 
    39  
    40  Exemptions
    41  
    42  This licence does not cover the use of:
    43      * personal data in the information;
    44      * information that has neither been published nor disclosed
    45      under information access legislation (including the 
    46      Freedom of Information Acts for the UK and Scotland) by or
    47      with the consent of the Licensor;
    48      * the Royal Arms and the Crowned Portcullis;
    49      * third party rights the Licensor is not authorised to license; 
    50      * information subject to other intellectual property rights,
    51      including patents, trademarks, and design rights
    52  
    53  Non-endorsment
    54  
    55  This licence does not grant you any right to use the
    56  information in a way that suggests any official status or
    57  that the Licensor endorses you or your use of the Information.
    58  
    59  No warranty
    60  
    61  The information is licensed ‘as is’ and the
    62  Licensor excludes all representations, warranties,
    63  obligations and liabilities in relation to the
    64  information to the maximum extent permitted by law.
    65  The Licensor is not liable for any errors or omissions in
    66  the information and shall not be liable for any loss, injury
    67  or damage of any kind caused by its use. The Licensor does
    68  not guarantee the continued supply of the information.
    69  
    70  Governing law
    71  
    72  This licence is governed by the laws of England and Wales.
    73  
    74  Definitions
    75  
    76  In this licence, the terms below have the following meanings:
    77  
    78  ‘Information’ means information protected by copyright
    79  or by database right (for example, literary and
    80  artistic works, content, data and source code)
    81  offered for use under the terms of this licence.
    82  
    83  ‘Information Provider’ means either House of Parliament.
    84  
    85  ‘Licensor’ means—
    86  (a) in relation to copyright, the Speaker of the House of
    87  Commons and the Clerk of the Parliaments representing
    88  the House of Commons and House of Lords respectively, and
    89  (b) in relation to database right, the Corporate
    90  Officer of the House of Commons and the Corporate
    91  Officer of the House of Lords respectively.
    92  
    93  ‘Use’ means doing any act which is restricted by copyright
    94  or database right, whether in the original medium or in any
    95  other medium, and includes without limitation distributing,
    96  copying, adapting and modifying as may be technically
    97  necessary to use it in a different mode or format.
    98  
    99  ‘You’ means the natural or legal person, or body of persons
   100  corporate or incorporate, acquiring rights under this licence.
   101  
   102  About the Open Parliament Licence
   103  
   104  This is version 3.0 of the Open Parliament Licence. The
   105  Licensor may, from time to time, issue new versions of the
   106  Open Parliament Licence. However, you may continue to use
   107  information licensed under this version should you wish to do so.
   108  
   109  The information licensed under the Open Parliament
   110  Licence includes Parliamentary information in which
   111  Crown copyright subsists. Further context, best practice
   112  and guidance relating to the re-use of public sector
   113  information can be found in the UK Government Licensing
   114  Framework section on The National Archives website.