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The INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009

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11.—(1) Except as provided by paragraph (2), a Scottish public authority or a third party must not charge the public for a discovery service or a view service which that authority or third party operates in relation to a spatial data set or spatial data service for which that authority or third party is responsible.

(2) A Scottish public authority or a third party may charge the public for a view service where that charge secures the maintenance of spatial data sets and spatial data services, especially in cases involving very large volumes of frequently updated data.

(3) A Scottish public authority or a third party may charge the public a reasonable sum for a service described in regulation 8(2)(c), (d) or (e) which that authority or third party operates in relation to a spatial data set or spatial data service for which that authority or third party is responsible.

(4) Where a Scottish public authority or a third party charges the public for a view service or a service described in regulation 8(2)(c) or (e), that authority or third party must ensure that e-commerce services are available in relation to that service.

(5) Spatial data made available through a view service may be in a form preventing their re-use for commercial purposes.

(6) In this regulation, “view service” means a service described in regulation 8(2)(b).

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