{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/re-use-of-public-sector-information-regulations-2015/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1415",
  "legislation_title": "The Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/re-use-of-public-sector-information-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the 1998 Act” means the Data Protection Act 1998 ;\n“the 2000 Act” means the Freedom of Information Act 2000 ;\n“the 2002 Act” means the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 ;\n“the 2004 Regulations” means the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 ;\n“the 2004 Scottish Regulations” means the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 ;\n“the 2009 Regulations” means the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 ;\n“the 2009 Scottish Regulations” means the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009 ;\n“applicant” means a person who makes a request for re-use of a document to a public sector body;\n“document” means any information recorded in any form, including any part of such information, whether in writing or stored in electronic form or as a sound, visual or audio-visual recording, other than a computer program;\n“formal open standard” means a standard which has been laid down in written form, detailing specifications for the requirements of how to ensure software interoperability;\n“government department” includes a Northern Ireland department and any other body or authority exercising statutory functions on behalf of the Crown;\n“information access legislation” means the 1998 Act, the 2000 Act, the 2002 Act, the 2004 Regulations, the 2004 Scottish Regulations, the 2009 Regulations and the 2009 Scottish Regulations;\n“machine-readable format” means a file format structured so that software applications can easily identify, recognise and extract specific data, including individual statements of fact, and their internal structure;\n“open format” means a file format that is platform-independent and made available to the public without any restriction that impedes the re-use of documents;\n“public sector body” has the meaning given by regulation 3;\n“relevant intellectual property rights” means any of the following rights—\n(a)copyright (within the meaning of section 1 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 );\n(b)database right (within the meaning of regulation 13 of the Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997 );\n(c)publication right (within the meaning of regulation 16 of the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 1996 );\n(d)rights in performances (meaning the rights conferred by Part 2 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 );\n“re-use” and cognate expressions have the meaning given in regulation 4;\n“university” means any public sector body that provides post-secondary school higher education leading to academic degrees;\n“working day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of the United Kingdom;\n“writing” includes text which is—\n(a)transmitted by electronic means;\n(b)received in legible form; and\n(c)capable of being used for subsequent reference.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1998 c. 29."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "2000 c. 36."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "2002 asp 13."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "S.I. 2004/3391."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2004/520."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M6",
      "text": "S.I. 2009/3157, as amended by S.I. 2012/1672."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M7",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2009/440, as amended by S.S.I 2012/284."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M8",
      "text": "1988 c. 48. Section 1 was amended by S.I. 2003/2498."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M9",
      "text": "S.I. 1997/3032."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M10",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/2967. Regulation 16 was amended by S.I. 2003/2498 and 2006/1028."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M11",
      "text": "1988 c. 48."
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    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M12",
      "text": "1971 c. 80."
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1415/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:34:40.502404+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."
}