Conditions of Service

Members of the subscribing organization undertake to abide by the Regulations made by the Advisory Council of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. A copy of the current regulations may also be obtained from the Library Administrative Officer or may be consulted at the Library Enquiry Desk.

Where the Institute supplies copied material in printed form under licence from the Copyright Licensing Agency Limited, the document may not be recopied, saved electronically, or resold - as indicated in the following statement from the CLA: "the contents of this document are copyright works and, unless you have the permission of the copyright owner or of the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd and save as may be permitted by statute, may not be copied (including storage in any electronic medium) or otherwise reproduced (even for internal purposes) or resold".

Where the Institute supplies copied material by electronic distrubution (Secure Electronic Delivery by means of email) under licence from the Copyright Licensing Agency Limited, the document must be printed out immediately; or forwarded to the individual requesting the copy for their immediate printing; and all electronic versions shall be deleted immediately following successful transmission and printing - as indicated in the following statement from the CLA:"the ... item is a copyright work which has been supplied and transmitted by electronic means. The following are NOT permitted, unless you have the permission of the copyright owner or of The Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd and save as may be permitted by statute: a) printing more than a single paper copy, which itself may not be further copied; b) retransmitting the article to anybody else, other than to enable a single paper copy to be printed out by or for the individual who originally requested the item;c) electronically storing any copy of the article"

If the Institute is supplying copied material for the purposes of parliamentary or judicial proceedings or for research for non-commercial purposes or private study (as permitted by statute), the organization undertakes to supply in respect of each item requested a parliamentary or judicial proceedings declaration or non-commercial research copyright declaration as appropriate. The declaration must be signed by the person requiring the copy. Faxed or emailed declarations are acceptable.

The Institute offers a Standard service (ordered before 12 noon dispatched later same day) and also offers an Express service (dispatched in under 60 minutes) in response to requests for photocopies of items available in the Library.

In the absence of any declared preference as to the mode of transmission, copies will be sent by e mail (Secure Electronic Delivery) charging the subscriber accordingly.

Subscribers will receive a monthly invoice itemising all transactions.

The subscription rates and transaction charges for the Document Supply Service may be varied at one month's notice.