Interpretation2
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In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 M1;
F2“Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010” means Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services,
F3...
“discovery service” means a service described in regulation 8(2)(a);
F1“interoperability” means the possibility for spatial data sets to be combined, and for services to interact, without repetitive manual intervention, in such a way that the result is coherent and the added value of the data sets and services is enhanced;
“metadata” means information describing spatial data sets and spatial data services and making it possible to discover, inventory and use them;
“Metadata Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1205/2008 regarding metadata;
“Scottish public authority” has the meaning given by regulation 3;
“spatial data” means any data with a direct or indirect reference to a specific location or geographical area;
“spatial data service” means a service which consists of operations which may be performed, by invoking a computer application—
- a
on the spatial data contained in a spatial data set, or
- b
on the metadata related to a spatial data set;
- a
“spatial data set” means an identifiable collection of spatial data which—
- a
are in electronic format,
- b
relate to one or more of the themes listed in F4Annex 1, 2 or 3 of the Metadata Regulation, and
- c
relate to—
- i
the United Kingdom,
- ii
Gibraltar,
- iii
the territorial sea of the United Kingdom M2,
- iv
an area of the continental shelf for the time being designated by an Order in Council under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964 M3, or
- v
an area, outside the territorial sea of the United Kingdom, for the time being designated by an Order in Council under section 84(4) of the Energy Act 2004 M4;
- i
- a
“third party” has the meaning given by regulation 4.
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For the purposes of these Regulations—
a
a Scottish public authority is responsible for a spatial data set if—
i
that authority holds that data set (other than on behalf of another person), or
ii
another person holds that data set on behalf of that authority;
b
a Scottish public authority is responsible for a spatial data service if—
i
that authority operates that data service (other than on behalf of another person), or
ii
another person operates that data service on behalf of that authority;
c
a third party is responsible for a spatial data set if—
i
that third party holds that data set (other than on behalf of another person), or
ii
another person holds that data set on behalf of that third party; and
d
a third party is responsible for a spatial data service if—
i
that third party operates that data service (other than on behalf of another person), or
ii
another person operates that data service on behalf of that third party.
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