Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005
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The Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005 are UK regulations that implement the EU PSI Directive, setting the framework for how public sector information can be accessed, licensed, and reused by individuals and businesses.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005 canonical | 3 |
| UK public sector information re-use framework | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2176314 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005 Context triple: [Office of Public Sector Information, legalBasis, Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005]
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A.
Freedom of Information Act 2000
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 is a UK law that grants the public a general right of access to information held by public authorities, subject to certain exemptions.
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B.
Office of Public Sector Information
The Office of Public Sector Information was a UK government body responsible for overseeing the re-use and licensing of public sector information and promoting open access to official data.
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C.
Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996
The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996 is a U.S. law that modernized the Freedom of Information Act by extending public access rights to electronic records and setting clearer deadlines and procedures for federal agencies’ responses.
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D.
Environmental Information Regulations 2004
The Environmental Information Regulations 2004 are UK regulations that give the public a right of access to environmental information held by public authorities, overseen and enforced by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
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E.
OPEN Government Act of 2007
The OPEN Government Act of 2007 is a U.S. federal law that strengthened and modernized the Freedom of Information Act by improving transparency, clarifying response deadlines, and enhancing the rights and remedies available to requesters.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005 Target entity description: The Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005 are UK regulations that implement the EU PSI Directive, setting the framework for how public sector information can be accessed, licensed, and reused by individuals and businesses.
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A.
Freedom of Information Act 2000
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 is a UK law that grants the public a general right of access to information held by public authorities, subject to certain exemptions.
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B.
Office of Public Sector Information
The Office of Public Sector Information was a UK government body responsible for overseeing the re-use and licensing of public sector information and promoting open access to official data.
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C.
Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996
The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996 is a U.S. law that modernized the Freedom of Information Act by extending public access rights to electronic records and setting clearer deadlines and procedures for federal agencies’ responses.
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D.
Environmental Information Regulations 2004
The Environmental Information Regulations 2004 are UK regulations that give the public a right of access to environmental information held by public authorities, overseen and enforced by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
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E.
OPEN Government Act of 2007
The OPEN Government Act of 2007 is a U.S. federal law that strengthened and modernized the Freedom of Information Act by improving transparency, clarifying response deadlines, and enhancing the rights and remedies available to requesters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United Kingdom statutory instrument
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regulation ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
ensure transparency of conditions and charges for re-use
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facilitate wider re-use of information held by public sector bodies ⓘ increase economic value derived from public sector information ⓘ prevent anti-competitive practices in the re-use of public sector information ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
government departments
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local authorities ⓘ public sector bodies ⓘ publicly controlled organisations ⓘ |
| basedOn | Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| field |
access to information
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copyright and database rights in public sector information ⓘ |
| implements | EU Public Sector Information Directive 2003/98/EC ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
England and Wales
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Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ |
| legalSystem |
English law
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Northern Ireland law ⓘ Scots law ⓘ
linked to:
Scots law (to a limited extent)
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| purpose |
to encourage the development of information products and services
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to promote fair competition in information markets ⓘ to set a framework for re-use of public sector information by individuals and businesses ⓘ |
| regulates |
charging principles for re-use of public sector documents
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licensing terms for re-use of public sector documents ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Environmental Information Regulations 2004
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Freedom of Information Act 2000 ⓘ Open Government Licence ⓘ
linked to:
open government licence (United Kingdom)
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| replacedBy | Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015 ⓘ |
| requires |
public sector bodies to avoid exclusive re-use agreements except where necessary for a service in the public interest
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public sector bodies to ensure non-discriminatory conditions for comparable categories of re-use ⓘ public sector bodies to respond to requests for re-use of documents ⓘ public sector bodies to state applicable conditions and charges for re-use ⓘ |
| sector |
information law
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public administration ⓘ |
| shortName | PSI Regulations 2005 ⓘ |
| status | superseded ⓘ |
| subject |
access to public sector information
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charging for public sector information ⓘ exclusive arrangements for information re-use ⓘ licensing of public sector information ⓘ non-discrimination in information re-use ⓘ re-use of public sector information ⓘ transparency in information re-use ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005 Description of subject: The Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005 are UK regulations that implement the EU PSI Directive, setting the framework for how public sector information can be accessed, licensed, and reused by individuals and businesses.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Office of Public Sector Information
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legalBasis
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Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005
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linked to: Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005
Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015
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replaces
→
Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005
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