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The INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009

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13.—(1) A Scottish public authority must, in relation to a spatial data set or spatial data service for which it is responsible—

(a)enable any other Scottish public authority or a relevant body to gain access to that data set or data service, and

(b)enable any other Scottish public authority or a relevant body to exchange and use that data set or data service,

where that authority or body requires that data set or data service for the purpose of its public tasks that may have an impact on the environment.

(2) But a Scottish public authority may limit sharing of the kind described in paragraph (1) when this would compromise the course of justice, public security, national defence or international relations.

(3) Subject to paragraphs (4), (5) and (6), a Scottish public authority which supplies a spatial data set or spatial data service to another such authority or a relevant body may impose conditions on the access to or exchange or use of that data set or data service, for example by doing either or both of the following—

(a)providing that access to that data set or data service, or exchange or use of that data set or data service, is subject to terms and conditions imposed by a licence;

(b)making a charge for the access to, or exchange or use of, that data set or data service.

(4) But any such conditions must be compatible with the aim of facilitating the sharing of spatial data sets and spatial data services among Scottish public authorities and between such public authorities and relevant bodies, and must avoid creating practical obstacles, occurring at the point of use, to such sharing.

(5) Where a Scottish public authority makes a charge as described in paragraph (3)(b), the charge must be kept to the minimum required to ensure the necessary quality and supply of spatial data sets and spatial data services together with a reasonable return on investment, and any requirement on an authority to be self-financing is to be respected.

(6) Where, under [F1[F2assimilated] law] relating to the environment, a Scottish public authority is required to report a matter to [F3a relevant body], that authority must not charge that body in relation to the provision to that body of a spatial data set or spatial data service in satisfaction of that requirement.

(7) In this regulation “relevant body” means—

(a)a public authority in the United Kingdom (other than a Scottish public authority),

F4(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F5(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d)a body established by an international agreement to which the [F6United Kingdom is a party].

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