{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inspire-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inspire-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2009/440",
  "legislation_title": "The INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inspire-scotland-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Meaning of “third party”",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations, “third party” means a person who—\n(a) is—\n(i) an individual whose address is in Scotland; or\n(ii) a body corporate, partnership or unincorporated association whose principal office is in Scotland; and\n(b) is not a person falling within paragraph (2).\n(2) A person falls within this paragraph if that person—\n(a) is a public authority in the United Kingdom;\n(b) holds a spatial data set or operates a spatial data service on behalf of such a public authority; or\n(c) holds a spatial data set or operates a spatial data service on behalf of—\n(i) an individual whose address is in England, Wales or Northern Ireland; or\n(ii) a body corporate, partnership or unincorporated association whose principal office is in England, Wales or Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/440/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:58:18.122679+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}