This relates to creations of the mind: inventions (patents), literary works, symbols, names and images used in commerce.
The names, images and logos identifying the Agency are proprietary marks of the Agency. Copying or use of the DVTA logo and/or any other third party logos accessed via the Agency's website is not permitted without prior approval from the Agency or relevant copyright owner in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
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The material on this site is protected by Crown copyright, unless it says otherwise. The copyright in some of the material which may be found on the site has been waived, meaning you can reproduce this material freely. Categories of material for which copyright has been waived include: government press notices, legislation and explanatory notes on the legislation, ministerial speeches, consultation documents, documents featured on official websites (except where expressly indicated otherwise), headline statistics and unpublished public records. More details of these and other categories can be found at
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For other types of material however, the supply of documents does not give the person or organisation who receives them an automatic right to re-use the documents in a way that would infringe copyright, for example, by making multiple copies, publishing and issuing copies to the public.
Brief extracts of any of the material included on this site may be reproduced under the fair dealing provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (sections 29 and 30) for the purposes of research for non-commercial purposes, private study, criticism, review and news reporting.
The permission to reproduce Crown-protected material does not cover any material on this site that is identified as being the copyright of another person or organisation. You must get permission to produce that material from the copyright holders. If in any doubt users should contact Her Majesty's Stationery Office in the first instance.
Details of the arrangements for reusing Crown copyright material can be found on HMSO's website at:
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Her Majesty's Stationery Office
Licensing Division
St Clements House
2-16 Colegate
Norwich
NR3 1BQ
01603 621000
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Copying or use of the Agency's logo and/or other third party logos accessed via this website is not permitted without prior approval from the copyright owner. Requests for permission to use the Department's logo should be directed to the
Communications Officer
Department for Regional Development
4th Floor
Clarence Court
10-18 Adelaide Street
Belfast
BT2 8GB
Tel: 028 9054 1055
Fax: 028 9054 0378
E-mail: enquiries@drdni.gov.uk
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To us at dvtani.gov.uk :- We do not object to you linking directly to the information that is hosted on our site and, therefore, you do not need to ask our permission to do so. However, we would prefer it if our pages were not to be loaded into frames on your site. The Agency's web pages should load into the user's entire window.
From this website:- The links provided on this site are for your information and should not be taken as an endorsement of any kind. The Agency accepts no responsibility in respect of your access to such websites or any material found on them . The Agency cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and we have no control over the availability of linked pages.
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We make every effort to check and test material at all stages of production. It is always wise for you to run an anti-virus program on all material downloaded from the Internet. We cannot accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system which may occur whilst using material derived from this website.
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The Data Protection Act 1998 imposes a legal duty on the Agency to protect any personal information we collect from, or about, you. If you are a user with general public and anonymous access, the Department's website does not store or capture personal information, but merely logs the user's IP address which is automatically recognised by the web server.
The system will record your e-mail address and other information if volunteered to us by you. This shall be treated as proprietary and confidential. If you send us an e-mail or letter asking us for information that belongs to another department we may forward your request to that department for action and advise you that we have done so. We may also disclose, unless specifically advised not to do so, personal data to our consultants, agents and representatives when carrying out consultancy work on our behalf, in which case you will be advised that we are doing so, otherwise, we do not pass on any personal information you have given us to any other site. Information provided to us may be used for internal review and to notify you about updates to the website.
Our site provides links to other websites and as this statement only applies to our website you should always read the privacy statement/policy of any site you access that collects personal information.
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The Agency's website, and material relating to government information, products and services (or third party information, products and services), are provided 'as is' without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy. We do not warrant that the functions contained in the material contained in this site will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that make it available are free of viruses or represent the full functionality, accuracy, reliability of the materials. In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including, without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from use or loss of use of, data, or profits, arising out of or in connection with the use of the Driver Vehicle Testing Agency's website.
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