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Briefly, this licence allows you to copy distribute and adapt our material for your own purposes (even commercially) as long as:

  • you acknowledge the Law Commission as the original creator of the material; and
  • you do not suggest that we endorse you, your organisation or your use of the material.

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This does not give you permission to use the Law Commission’s logo, the New Zealand Government logo, or the coat of arms in any way that breaches the Flags, Emblems and Names Protection Act 1981.