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Internal Business Use

Internal Business Use is defined as the use of OSNI branded data in the day-to-day activities involved in the internal administration of your business.

Anyone wishing to reproduce any work covered by the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended) (the “Act”) should take all reasonable steps to identify the copyright owner of the material and to obtain permission to make reproductions.

Before copying any map which does not bear the legend “© Crown copyright” but which resembles an OSNI branded map, or where the copyright is not readily identifiable, IPR Branch will always be pleased to advise on the origin of the map.

Crown Copyright protects any information portrayed by Crown employees on OSNI branded based material (maps of Northern Ireland produced by Land & Property Services (LPS) and any information supplied by other Government Departments on OSNI branded based material).

If you use in-copyright OSNI branded material or maps based upon in-copyright OSNI branded material or OSNI branded Digital map data without our permission you are acting in breach of the “Act”, and infringing the copyright in our work and we may take civil action.

If you use OSNI branded Digital map data the terms and conditions are available in LPS’s Standard Digital Data Licensing Terms (Digital 2). Forms are available from our IPR Branch or this site

If you wish to copy OSNI branded material for publishing purposes please refer to form Publishing 3. By publishing we mean sheet maps, books, journals, brochures, leaflets, catalogues (this list should not be seen as exhaustive) whether they are for sale or free distribution.

If other people ask you to reproduce those parts of your publication containing OSNI branded material or material based on OSNI branded material you must ensure that they have obtained written permission from us.

Any information you give us will be treated as confidential, unless we are required to reveal that information by law.

We have extended the content of the Internal Business Use Licence so that it can now be used for making copies of OSNI branded maps for submission to;

  • The Planning Office
  • Land Registry
  • Building Control
  • Property Vending
  • Court Proceedings

The following forms deal with all aspects of copying OSNI branded material within your own offices (Internal Business Use).

Copying 1 - Application for a Copyright Licence to copy OSNI branded material for Internal Business Use Only  [click to download]

Copying 2 - Copyright Royalties - Internal Business Use - The rates that we charge organisations, which copy large amounts of OSNI branded material.[click to download]

Copying 3 - Copyright - Internal Business Use Guidance Notes [click to download]

Copying 4 - Conventional Copyright Licence - Single Occasion & Annual Fees [click to download]

Note: Charges shown in this price list and elsewhere on this site are subject to alteration without notice but will be reviewed in March of every year.