Cap. 546 Art. 17Licences.

(1) The re-use of documents shall not be subject to conditions, unless such conditions are objective, proportionate, non-

discriminatory and justified on grounds of a public interest objective.

When re-use is subject to conditions, those conditions shall not unnecessarily restrict possibilities for re-use and shall not be used to restrict competition.

Where it is deemed appropriate by the public sector body that conditions on re-use are imposed, such conditions shall be imposed through a licence. These conditions shall not be discriminatory for comparable categories of re-use, nor shall they be such as to unnecessarily restrict the way in which a document can be re-used including restrictions in competition and such conditions shall be objective, proportionate and justified on grounds of a public interest objective.

(2) Any licence imposing conditions shall be fair and transparent.

(3) If a public sector body which holds a document wishes to re-use the document for its commercial activities which fall outside the scope of its public task, the same conditions shall apply to that re-use as would apply to re-use by any other applicant.

(4) Public sector bodies shall use such standard licences as the Minister responsible for public sector information may direct. Such standard licences may be adapted to meet particular licence applications and shall be made available in digital format and can be processed electronically.