Amendment of regulation 7
6. In regulation 7 (network services)—
(a)after paragraph (1) insert—
“(1A) The requirement in paragraph (1) applies from 3rd December 2013 in relation to spatial data sets corresponding to the themes listed in Annex III to the Directive and to spatial data services relating to those data sets (even if metadata relating to those data sets or data services have been created before that date).”;
(b)after paragraph (2) insert—
“(2A) Discovery services must enable a search according to the criterion in paragraph (3)(ca) regarding conformity with requirements as to interoperability from the date by which the requirements in question apply.”;
(c)in paragraph (3), after sub-paragraph (c) insert—
“(ca)(in the case of a spatial data set corresponding to the themes listed in Annex I to the Directive or a spatial data service relating to such a data set) the degree of conformity with the requirements as to interoperability set out in regulation 6A;”;
(d)after paragraph (3) insert—
“(3A) In the case of a spatial data set corresponding to the themes listed in Annex I to the Directive or a spatial data service relating to such a data set, from the date by which any particular requirements as to interoperability set out in regulation 6A apply, the transformation services specified in sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (2) must be combined with the other services specified in that paragraph in such a way as to enable all those services to be operated in conformity with those requirements.”; and
(e)omit paragraph (5).