Are there special provisions for Parliamentary and Crown copyright material?
Following a government review of Crown copyright in 1998, it was decided that in the interests of more transparent and open government, the copyright in certain categories of officially published material would be waived. This means that although copyright is asserted, users are permitted to copy or publish the material in any medium without having to seek formal permission, provided that the material is reproduced accurately and not in a misleading context, and the source is acknowledged. Information about which categories of material are subject to a waiver is given in a series of guidance notes, which are available on the HMSO web site.
