LegalFramework of the Surveying and Mapping Authority of the Republic of Slovenia

Infrastructure for Spatial InformationAct (Official Gazette of the RS, No. 8/10). 

The Actdefines the tasks related to the establishment and operation of a metadatasystem, network services to access the data and their use, coordination inestablishing the infrastructure for spatial information (ISI) and the use ofthis infrastructure. It also defines the tasks of individual public entitiesresponsible for establishing, managing and using spatial data and services,which have to be provided as an integral part of the Slovenian and, alsoEuropean infrastructure for spatial information.

Act on georeference system (OfficialGazette of the RS, No. 25/14)

This actintroduces a new, modern national spatial reference system, which is based onthe European Spatial Reference System (ESRS), and a new national topographicsystem together with the new map‐grid system. The scope of the new act isregulation of competences and tasks of the Surveying and Mapping Authority ofthe Republic of Slovenia related to the realization and maintenance of thenational spatial reference system in long term and providing up–to–date spatialdatasets and data products.

Decree on communication and re‐use ofinformation of public character (Official Gazette of the RS, No. 76/05, 119/07and 95/11)   

This Decreelays down the method by which public information shall be provided toapplicants and published on the World Wide Web, as well as the charging ofcosts for provision, re‐use of information, price and other terms of such useand reporting on provision of access to public sector information.

Public Information Access Act(Official Gazette of the RS, No.    51/06, 117/06‐ZDavP‐2, 23/14 and50/14)

This Actgoverns the procedure which ensures everyone free access to and re‐use ofpublic information held by state bodies, local government bodies, publicagencies, public funds and other entities of public law, public powers holdersand public service contractors.