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Office of the Queen's Printer for Scotland (OQPS)

Organisation web address www.oqps.gov.uk
Address details

St Clements House

2-16 Colegate

Norwich

NR3 1BQ

Telephone: 01603 723017
Fax: 01603 723000
Email address Publishing@oqps.gov.uk
Official publications web page www.oqps.gov.uk/scotlegislation/legislation.htm

 

Contact / Subject Specialist

Alan Pawsey

Head of Publishing Services

alan.pawsey@oqps.gov.uk

Collection description

The office of QPS was established by section 92 of the Scotland Act 1998. The Act sets out the responsibilities as:

  1. to exercise the Queen's Printer responsibilities in relation to the printing of Acts of the Scottish Parliament and subordinate legislation; and
  2. on behalf of Her Majesty to exercise Her rights and privileges in connection with:
  • Crown copyright in Acts of the Scottish Parliament,· Crown copyright in subordinate legislation,
  • Crown copyright in any existing or future works (other than subordinate legislation) made in the exercise of a function which is exercisable by any office-holder in, or member of the staff of, the Scottish Administration (or would be so exercisable if the function had not ceased to exist)
  • Other copyrights assigned to Her Majesty in works made in connection with the exercise of functions by any such office-holder or member.

The QPS also manages the licensing of Scottish Parliamentary copyright under the terms of an agreement with the Scottish Parliament.All OQPS publications are published by TSO and are subject to a charge although copies can be downloaded free of charge from the OQPS website. Individual items of legislation can be purchased from TSO by following the links from the OQPS website. Alternatively, you can contact TSO at:

The Stationery Office Ltd 71 Lothian Road Edinburgh EH3 9AZ

Telephone orders and general enquiries Tel: 0870 606 5566

Text telephone for the hard of hearing: Tel: 0870 240 3701

e-mail: customer.services@tso.co.uk

Web: www.tso.co.uk

Entry updated June 2007

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