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1r#"United Kingdom Open Parliament Licence v3.0
2
3Open Parliament Licence
4
5You are encouraged to use and re-use the information that
6is available under this licence freely and flexibly, with
7only a few conditions. Using information under this licence
8
9Use of copyright and database right material made
10available under this licence (the ‘information’) indicates
11your acceptance of the terms and conditions below.
12
13The Licensor grants you a worldwide, royalty-free,
14perpetual, non-exclusive licence to use the
15information subject to the conditions below.
16
17This licence does not affect your freedom under
18fair dealing or fair use or any other copyright
19or database right exceptions and limitations.
20
21You 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
28You 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
35These are important conditions of this licence and
36if you fail to comply with them the rights granted to
37you under this licence, or any similar licence granted
38by the Licensor, will end automatically.
39
40Exemptions
41
42This 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
53Non-endorsment
54
55This licence does not grant you any right to use the
56information in a way that suggests any official status or
57that the Licensor endorses you or your use of the Information.
58
59No warranty
60
61The information is licensed ‘as is’ and the
62Licensor excludes all representations, warranties,
63obligations and liabilities in relation to the
64information to the maximum extent permitted by law.
65The Licensor is not liable for any errors or omissions in
66the information and shall not be liable for any loss, injury
67or damage of any kind caused by its use. The Licensor does
68not guarantee the continued supply of the information.
69
70Governing law
71
72This licence is governed by the laws of England and Wales.
73
74Definitions
75
76In this licence, the terms below have the following meanings:
77
78‘Information’ means information protected by copyright
79or by database right (for example, literary and
80artistic works, content, data and source code)
81offered 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
87Commons and the Clerk of the Parliaments representing
88the House of Commons and House of Lords respectively, and
89(b) in relation to database right, the Corporate
90Officer of the House of Commons and the Corporate
91Officer of the House of Lords respectively.
92
93‘Use’ means doing any act which is restricted by copyright
94or database right, whether in the original medium or in any
95other medium, and includes without limitation distributing,
96copying, adapting and modifying as may be technically
97necessary to use it in a different mode or format.
98
99‘You’ means the natural or legal person, or body of persons
100corporate or incorporate, acquiring rights under this licence.
101
102About the Open Parliament Licence
103
104This is version 3.0 of the Open Parliament Licence. The
105Licensor may, from time to time, issue new versions of the
106Open Parliament Licence. However, you may continue to use
107information licensed under this version should you wish to do so.
108
109The information licensed under the Open Parliament
110Licence includes Parliamentary information in which
111Crown copyright subsists. Further context, best practice
112and guidance relating to the re-use of public sector
113information can be found in the UK Government Licensing
114Framework section on The National Archives website.
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