The Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
  • These Regulations may be cited as the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015 and come into force on 18th July 2015.
  • In these Regulations—
  • a Minister of the Crown;a government department;the Corporate Officer of the House of Commons;the Corporate Officer of the House of Lords;the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission;Scottish Ministers;the Scottish Parliament;the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body;the National Assembly for Wales Commission;Welsh Ministers;a local authority;a fire and rescue authority constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 a fire and rescue authority created by an order under section 4A of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004;the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service Board;a police and crime commissioner elected under section 1 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 a chief constable of a police force appointed under section 2 of that Act;The Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime established under section 3 of that Act;the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis appointed under section 4 of that Act;the Scottish Police Authority established under section 1 of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 the Police Service of Scotland established under section 6 of that Act;the Northern Ireland Policing Board;an authority established under section 10 of the Local Government Act 1985 a joint authority established by Part IV of that Act;any body established pursuant to an order under section 67 of that Act;the Broads Authority;any joint board the constituent members of which consist of any of the bodies specified in paragraphs (k) and (l) , (n) to (s) and (u) to (x) ;a National Park authority established under section 63 of the Environment Act 1995 financed wholly or mainly by another public sector body; orsubject to management supervision by another public sector body; ormore than half of the board of directors or members of which, or in the case of a group of individuals, more than half of those individuals, are appointed by another public sector body;an association of or formed by one or more public sector bodies;a community justice authority established under section 3 of the Management of Offenders etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 .a county council, a district council, a London borough council, a parish council or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as local authority or police authority;the Greater London Authority or a functional body within the meaning of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (3) In the application of these Regulations to Wales, “local authority” means a county council, a county borough council or a community council.(4) In the application of these Regulations to Scotland, “local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 and also includes a joint board or joint committee within the meaning of that section.(5) In the application of these Regulations to Northern Ireland, “local authority” means a district council within the meaning of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 .(1) Subject to paragraph (2) , re-use means the use by a person of a document held by a public sector body for a purpose other than the initial purpose within that public sector body's public task for which the document was produced.the transfer for use of a document within a public sector body for the purpose of carrying out its own public task; orthe transfer for use of a document from one public sector body to another for the purpose of either public sector body carrying out its public task.the activity of supplying the document is one which falls outside the public task of the public sector body, provided that the scope of the public task of that body is transparent and subject to review; ora third party owns relevant intellectual property rights in the document.has been identified by the public sector body as being available for re-use;has been provided to the applicant; oris accessible by means other than by making a request for it within the meaning of the 1998 Act, the 2000 Act (or where appropriate the 2002 Act) or the 2004

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