Linking to a network
8.—(1) The Secretary of State must enable a public authority to link any spatial data set or spatial data service for which that authority is responsible to a network of related spatial data sets or spatial data services, provided that the conditions specified in paragraph (3) are satisfied in relation to that data set or data service.
(2) The Secretary of State must enable a third party to link any spatial data set or spatial data service for which that third party is responsible to a network of related spatial data sets or spatial data services, provided that—
(a)the third party makes a request to that effect; and
(b)the conditions specified in paragraph (3) are satisfied in relation to that data set or data service.
(3) The conditions are—
(a)metadata have been created in accordance with regulation 6 and the Metadata Regulation; and
(b)services have been established and are operated in accordance with regulation 7.