The Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015

Amendments to the Freedom of Information Act 2000

21.—(1) The 2000 Act is amended as follows.

(2) In section 11A(1) (release of datasets for re-use), after subsection (1) insert—

“(1A) But if the whole of the relevant copyright work is a document to which the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015 apply, this section does not apply to the relevant copyright work.

(1B) If part of the relevant copyright work is a document to which those Regulations apply—

(a) this section does not apply to that part, but

(b) this section does apply to the part to which the Regulations do not apply (and references in the following provisions of this section to the relevant copyright work are to be read as references to that part).”.

(3) In section 19(2) (publication schemes)—

(a) in subsection (2A)(c), before “where” insert “subject to subsections (2AA) and (2AB).”;

(b) after subsection (2A), insert—

“(2AA) If the whole of the relevant copyright work is a document to which the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015 apply, subsections (2A)(c) and (2B) to (2F) do not apply to the relevant copyright work.

(2AB) If part of the relevant copyright work is a document to which those Regulations apply—

(a) subsections (2A)(c) and (2B) to (2F) do not apply to that part, but

(b) those provisions do apply to the part to which the Regulations do not apply (and references in the following provisions of this section to the relevant copyright work are to be read as references to that part).”.

(1)

Section 11A was inserted by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c.9), sections 102(1) and (3).

(2)

Section 19 was amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, sections 102(1) and (4)(a) and (b).