Intellectual Property Statement & Legal Information

Copyright in British Standards

Copyright in all British Standards whether electronic or other format is owned by BSI. No British Standard may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, either in whole or in part, without prior written permission of BSI save within the limits provided by English legislation.

We incorporate both visible and invisible watermarks into British Standards and you agree that the following terms and conditions are applicable:

  • A British Standard is licensed to a sole named user who is permitted to install a single electronic copy of it for use on a single computer.
  • Hard copies of the BSI document may be printed by the named user for his own, non-commercial purposes.
  • 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 document, including the whole document if required, may be reproduced and submitted.
  • BSI are not aware of any inherent risk of viruses in the PDF files of BSI documents 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 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.
  • Multi User Sales: Users who wish to place the downloaded British Standard on an internal network or intranet are invited to apply to the Direct Sales Team at the following address: Direct Sales Team, British Standards Institution, 389 Chiswick High Road, London W4 4AL, Email: bsmusales@bsigroup.com, Tel:  + 44 (0)20 8996 7071
  • For permission to reproduce extracts and for further information on the licensing of BSI documents, please contact the Licensing Department at the following address: Licensing Department, British Standards Institution, 389 Chiswick High Road, London, W4 4AL, Email: copyright@bsigroup.com, Tel + 44 (0)20 8996 7070

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For more information about UK copyright law please visit the UK Intellectual Property Office website

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