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This electronic document is based on an Internet site design, in so much as the navigation through the site is provided by the use of navigation buttons and hyperlinks.

Although not essential, advanced features of this document require your computer to be connected to the Internet while this document is being used.

The site is arranged in a hierarchical manner, the arrangement of the site is always visible by way of a 'tree' structure that is on the left hand side of the screen.

Navigation through the document is facilitated by the use of navigation buttons located within the 'tree' of the document, clicking on a button will advance to the next 'branch' of the document.

There are two types of navigations button, and , the buttons with the minus symbol show the path you have taken and the blue text next to the last minus button shows your current location within the 'tree', selecting a minus button further up the 'tree' will take you back to an earlier (higher) document, selecting a positive button will take you further down that particular branch or allow access to more information on the highlighted path. Actual content is to be found on the right hand side of the screen, within this text you may find hyperlinks (e.g. www.doh.gov.uk\policy.htm) to information contained within or outside this site, assuming you are connected to the internet, clicking on a hyperlink will open a new window on your browser and display the referred document, simply close the new window once you have read the information and you will be back within this site.

If you receive an error while trying to use a hyperlink, check to ensure you are connected to the Internet.

A note about printing.

As with many web sites, printing a page in portrait style can lead to parts of the page being 'cut off', to avoid this, set your printer to landscape printing before printing a page, this way you will get all the information on the page.

For people who are new to this document, we recommend you use the "POLICY TEMPLATE, DISCUSSION & COUNTRY EXAMPLES" area (accessible by clicking on the relevant button on the left hand side of this screen) since this allows access to explanations about each selection along the way, once you are familiar with the document you may wish to use the "POLICY TEMPLATE WITH COUNTRY EXAMPLES" area, as this allows quicker access to policy examples without explanations. Either way we invite you to read the introduction to the template, which will clarify what this document is intended for.

Click here to proceed to the introduction.