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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;De Orc, post: 244932, member: 4408&quot;]Now then Aiden please read the Highlighted portion of this text, it is from HM Treasury own online guidelines mainly about counterfitting and forgery but there is a relavent passage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Banknotes</p><p>(i) Notes issued in England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland</p><p>Section 18(1) of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 provides that it is an</p><p>offence without prior written consent from the relevant authority for any</p><p>person, to reproduce on any substance whatsoever, and whether or not on</p><p>the correct scale, any British currency note or any part of a British Currency</p><p>note.</p><p>A British currency note is defined by the Act, as any note which (a) has been</p><p>lawfully issued in England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland; (b) is or</p><p>has been customarily used as money in the country where it was issued; and</p><p>(c) is payable on demand.</p><p>“Relevant authority” in relation to a British currency note of a particular</p><p>description, is the authority that is empowered by law to issue notes of that</p><p>description.</p><p><span style="color: Red"><font size="5">The Bank of England is the only authority empowered by law to issue notes in</font></span></p><p><span style="color: Red"><font size="5">England and Wales. It also holds the copyright in the designs of the notes</font></span></p><p><span style="color: Red"><font size="5">that it issues.</font></span></p><p>Information on the procedure applicable to the reproduction of Bank of</p><p>England banknotes including how to apply for consent can be obtained from</p><p>the Bank website at <a href="http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/</a></p><p>or, by writing to:</p><p>Notes Reproduction Officer</p><p>Notes Division</p><p>Bank of England</p><p>Threadneedle Street</p><p><br /></p><p>HM Treasury have written these set of guidelines with the approval of the</p><p>Royal Mint, Lord Chamberlain’s Office and the Bank of England. They set out</p><p>the Treasury’s view of the law and are not intended to constitute legal advice.</p><p>Individuals should seek their own independent legal advice before proceeding</p><p>with any project.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now do you believe me when I tell you that the Bank of England is the only body that can legaly produce banknotes?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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