Her Majesty's Stationery Office (usually abbreviated as HMSO) is part of the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for Crown Copyright, and the Controller of HMSO also holds the offices of Queen's Printer and Queen's Printer for Scotland. It publishes the London Gazette, Edinburgh Gazette, Belfast Gazette and all legislation in the United Kingdom, including Acts of Parliament, Act of the Scottish Parliament and Statutory Instruments. Prior to 1996, when it was privatised, it was the publisher of virtually all government material, such as Command Papers, legislation and official histories. Cabinet Office can be either: Cabinet Office in the United Kingdom, Cabinet Office in Japan. ... Crown copyright is a form of copyright claim used by the governments of the United Kingdom and some of its former colonies. ... The London Gazette is the oldest surviving English newspaper; it was first published on November 7, 1665. ... In Westminster System parliaments, an Act of Parliament is a part of the law passed by the Parliament. ... As well as Acts of Parliament, United Kingdom law is also made through Statutory Instruments (SIs) (also referred to as delegated, or secondary legislation). ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Privatization (sometimes privatisation, denationalization, or — especially in India — disinvestment) is the process of transferring property, from public ownership to private ownership. ...

HMSO was established as a new department of HM Treasury on 5 April 1786, when John Mayor was appointed as its first "Superintendant". From 1822, all government departments were required to to buy stationery through the open competitions and tenders operated by HMSO. HMSO also took over as official publisher of Hansard in 1822. In 1889, HMSO was granted Letters Patent under which it was appointed as Queen's Printer ("printer to Her Majesty of all Acts of Parliament") and the Controller of HMSO was appointed to hold Crown copyright. HMSO also took over publication of the London Gazette in 1889. The new eastern entrance to HM Treasury HM Treasury (Her/His Majestys Treasury) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for and putting into effect the UK Governments financial and economic policy. ... April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... 1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Stationery is a general name given to paper and office supplies such as envelopes, notepads, pens, pencils, erasers, paper clips, staples, etc. ... Tender may mean: one of several types of boat or ship, all sharing the general function of servicing another type of air or sea vessel: seaplane tender - supplies and services seaplanes submarine tender - resupplies submarines motor torpedo boat tender - resupplies motor torpedo boats ships tender - used to transport people... Hansard is the traditional name for the printed transcripts of parliamentary debates in the Westminster system of government. ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Letters Patent by Queen Victoria creating office of Governor-General of Australia Letters patent are a type of legal document which is an open letter issued by a monarch or government granting a right, monopoly, title, or status to someone or some entity such as a corporation. ...

Most of its publishing functions were privatised in 1996 as a separate privatised company is known as The Stationery Office, but HMSO continued as a separate part of the Cabinet Office, remained Queen's Printer, and retained its role of administering Crown copyright. As part of the implementation of the EU Directive on the re-use of public sector information, it was announced that HMSO will be renamed as the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) during the course of 2005. The Stationery Office is a private publishing company that was created in 1995 when the publishing arm of Her Majestys Stationery Office was privatised. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

External link

• http://www.hmso.gov.uk