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==United Kingdom==

The holder of the letters patent has the nearly exclusive right of printing, publishing and importing the [[King James Bible|Authorized Version of the Bible]] and [[Book of Common Prayer]] within the United Kingdom's jurisdiction. There are three exceptions which apply to this right. One is that the office of Queen's Printer only extends to [[England]], [[Wales]] and [[Northern Ireland]]. Within [[Scotland]] the rights to the King James Bible are administered for the Crown by the [[Bible Board]], which holds the office of Her Majesty's sole and only Master Printers and which licenses the printing of the Bible, New Testament and Book of Psalms.<ref>Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia of the Laws of Scotland, Vol 7. The Crown, paragraph 851 "The Master Printer and the Bible Board".</ref> The other two exceptions are that separate sets of letters patent grant the [[Oxford University Press]] and [[Cambridge University Press]] the right to print and distribute the Authorized Version of the Bible and the Book of Common Prayer regardless of who holds the office of Queen's Printer.