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LITURGICAL TEXTS FOR LOCAL USE

Guidelines and Copyright Information

January 1988.

1. The copyright in the services which have been authorised by the General Synod or commended by the House of Bishops is vested in the CBF. The following arrangements as regards the reproduction of these services on a non-commercial basis apply from 1 January 1988, and cover both reproduction for a single occasion and reproduction for repeated use.

2. A service or combination of services ..., or extracts from them, may be reproduced for its own use by a parish, [etc], without application to the CBF for copyright permission and without payment of a fee, provided the following conditions are complied with:

(a) The copies are not sold.

(b) The name of the parish, [etc] is to be shown on the front cover (or first page, if there is no cover). In the case of a single occasion use, the date of the service must also be included.

(c) (In the case of reproduction for repeated use) the number of copies made from the same original is not to exceed 500.

(d) The following copyright acknowledgement is to be included:

The Alternative Service Book 1980, material from which is included in this service, is copyright © The Central Board of Finance of the Church of England.

Any reproduction which is not in accord with these requirements must not be undertaken unless permission has been obtained in advance from the Central Board of Finance, and the Board reserves the right to take action in respect of any infringement of copyright. Applications for permission should be addressed to: The Copyright Administrator, Central Board of Finance, Church House, Great Smith Street, London, SW1P 3NZ.