# The Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015, Regulation 4: Re-use of documents

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), re-use means the use by a person of a document held by a public sector body for a purpose other than the initial purpose within that public sector body's public task for which the document was produced.
(2) Re-use shall not include—
(a) the transfer for use of a document within a public sector body for the purpose of carrying out its own public task; or
(b) the transfer for use of a document from one public sector body to another for the purpose of either public sector body carrying out its public task.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1415/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/re-use-of-public-sector-information-regulations-2015/regulation-4
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.