BSI COPYRIGHT TERMS AND CONDITIONS

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COPYRIGHT Terms and conditions

Customers are reminded that copyright subsists in all British Standards. Except as permitted under the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988, no British Standard either in part or whole, may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, without prior written permission of BSI.

In particular, and without limitation, the customer is alerted to the fact that British Standards in this service incorporate both visible and invisible watermarks and that the following terms and conditions are applicable in relation to use:

  1. A single copy of the Standard is licensed to a sole named user who is permitted to install a single electronic copy of the standard for use on a single computer.
  2. Hard copies of the Standard may be printed by the sole named user for internal use only, within the organisation. The quantity of such copies printed may not exceed the quantity of copies purchased.
  3. Where a licensed user has a specification or tender requirement to reproduce a British Standard as part of their documentation for external submission, the necessary pages of the Standard, including the whole document if required, may be reproduced and submitted.
  4. Under no circumstances is the licensed Standard permitted to be reproduced in part or in whole, either in hard copy or electronically, including by electronic mail, even for internal use within the organisation, except as defined in 1, 2 and 3 above.
  5. BSI are not aware of any inherent risk of viruses in the PDF files of British Standards at the time that they are downloaded. BSI has exercised due diligence to ensure, so far as practicable, that such files do not contain such viruses. The PDF files supplied may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe’s licensing policy, these files may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In downloading these files, parties accept therein the responsibility of not infringing Adobe’s licensing policy.

The user accepts that the operation and use of these files is done so at the user’s risk. BSI does not accept and is not liable for any loss or damage which may be suffered from their operation or use. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.

6Network Licenses : Licensed users who wish to place the downloaded electronic British Standard on an internal network or intranet are invited to apply to the Licensing Department at BSI at the following address. Permission to reproduce extracts and further information on the licensing of British Standards are also available :

Email:icensing Dept.

British Standards Institution Tel:+ 44 (0) 20 8996 7070

389 Chiswick High RoadFax:+ 44 (0) 20 8996 7553

LondonW4 4AL