Declarations and statements

Inter-lending and document supply copyright guidance

Details on the inter-lending and document supply (ILDS) copyright guidance for NHS England knowledge and library (KLS) staff.

This page details copyright statements and declarations to be shared with documents supplied to various users and persons.

Below are various copyright statements to be sent with copies supplied under the NHS Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) Licence, under "library privilege", or to patients and carers.

Service-user declaration for copies that will be supplied under the Library Privilege terms of the Copyright Act

I declare that:

  • I have not previously been supplied with a copy of this by you or any other librarian
  • I will not use the copy except for research for a non-commercial purpose or private study and will not supply the copy to any other person
  • to the best of my knowledge, no other person with whom I work or study has made or intends to make, at or about the same time as this request, a request for substantially the same material for substantially the same purpose 

I understand that if the declaration is false in a material particular, the copy supplied to me by you will be an infringing copy, and that I shall be liable for infringement of copyright as if I had made the copy myself.

Statements to use with copies supplied to library service users

Copies supplied under the NHS CLA Licence

This copy has been supplied to you under the terms of the CLA Licence for the NHS in England. You may store your own copy (for example, on your personal drive or own personal computer), and make further copies for other NHS colleagues in England. You may store it on a secure NHS network, but not place it on the internet. Thank you for your co-operation.

Copies supplied under Library Privilege, a Publisher Licence, or obtained from the British Library (BL), British Medical Association (BMA), Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) or another non-NHS library

This copy has been supplied to you under the terms of the Copyright Act. It is for your personal, non-commercial use only. You may not make further copies. Thank you for your co-operation.

Statement to use with copies supplied to patients and carers

Here is a copy from a journal/book which you may find helpful. You may print a copy and share this with your family or carers, but for copyright reasons, you may not put it on a website or share on social media.

Page last reviewed: 15 January 2024
Next review due: 2 January 2025

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