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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. |
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