INSPIRE Regulations 2009 - Important News

The Defra UK Location Programme Team have today advised the AGI of the following news and requested its announcement:

'The draft INSPIRE Regulations [SI 2009 No 3157] have been laid in the Houses of Parliament at Westminster. They are subject to parliamentary scrutiny but will come into effect on 31 December 2009. These regulations cover England, Northern Ireland and Wales. Scotland is making its own regulations to come into effect at the same time.

Background information, including a guide to the regulations for England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be published on the Location Programme website http://www.defra.gov.uk/location/inspire/ when these regulations come into effect'.