The Environment (Legislative Functions from Directives) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Power to make provision in relation to monitoring and reporting of infrastructures for spatial information

22.—(1) The appropriate authority may, by regulations, make provision for or in connection with monitoring and reporting by the appropriate authority, on the implementation and use of infrastructures for spatial information.

(2) Regulations under paragraph (1) may, in particular, amend the Monitoring and Reporting Implementing Decision.

(3) Regulations under paragraph (1) must (when taken together with the Monitoring and Reporting Implementing Decision) contain provision about—

(a) how public sector providers and users of spatial data sets and spatial data services and intermediary bodies are coordinated, the relationship with third parties and the organisation of quality assurance;

(b) the contribution made by public authorities (or, as the case may be, Scottish public authorities) or third parties to the functioning and coordination of the infrastructure for spatial information;

(c) how the infrastructure for spatial information is used;

(d) how public authorities (or, as the case may be, Scottish public authorities) share data;

(e) the costs and benefits of the Interoperability Implementing Regulation, the Metadata Implementing Regulation, the Monitoring and Reporting Implementing Decision, the Network Services Implementing Regulation and the INSPIRE Regulations;

(f) the publication of reports providing updated information in relation to the items referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e).