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About
the Licensing Team
Role
and responsibilities
The Controller's
authority to administer Crown copyright is derived from Royal Letters
Patent which are conferred on each succeeding Controller. HMSO's
Licensing team manages and licenses the following on behalf of the
Controller:
Linked to these
responsibilities, are the following:
- To define
policy on Crown copyright, taking into account the views of other
government departments and agencies where appropriate;
- To provide
advice to Parliament on policy relating to the administration
of Parliamentary copyright;
- The issue
of guidance and provision of advice on Crown
and Parliamentary
copyright matters;
- To delegate
certain Crown copyright licensing responsibilities to other government
departments and agencies;
- To oversee
the administration of those delegated responsibilities;
- To investigate
infringements of Crown and Parliamentary copyright, consulting
other government departments and agencies and Parliament as necessary.
- The day-to-day
administration of these responsibilities, which is handled by
our Licensing Team. The policy for the administration of Crown
and Parliamentary copyright is described in various guidance
notes we issue.
Listed below are
links to a range of documents contained on this site which set out
current policy on Crown and Parliamentary copyright. In addition there
is a link to the activities of the Crown Copyright User Group. The
User Group was initiated by the Government White Paper "The
Future Management of Crown Copyright" and is made up of representatives
from both private and public users of official information.
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