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Crown copyright

Crown copyright protects qualifying works produced in the course of official Crown duties.

Government reports, guidance, codes, official publications and other material may be Crown copyright where the applicable conditions are met.

Re-using Crown copyright information

Where Crown copyright information is released under the Open Government Licence, it may be re-used in accordance with that licence and any attribution or exception stated with the material.

Open Government Licence v3.0

Material outside the licence

Logos, official identity material, personal data, third-party rights and other expressly excluded material are not automatically covered by an Open Government Licence statement.