The following acknowledgement should appear in any published paper containing data obtained with the UKIRT :

"The United Kingdom Infrared Telescope is operated by the Joint Astronomy Centre on behalf of the U.K. Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council."

In addition, any paper containing data obtained during UKIRT Service observing should mention the Service Programme either in the observations section, the acknowledgements, or both. E.g., "some of the data reported here were obtained as part of the UKIRT Service Programme"

Any paper containing data obtained using IRPOL2 should also include the following (or similar) acknowledgment:

"We thank the Department of Physical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire for providing IRPOL2 for the UKIRT."