Spatial Information Infrastructure Act. Country/Territory Austria Document type Legislation Date 2010 (2012) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleFederal Act on a federal environmental spatial data infrastructure. Subject Environment gen., Land & soil, Water Keyword Pollution control EIA Land tenure Cadastre/land registration Data collection/reporting Access-to-information Zoning Monitoring Dispute settlement Court/tribunal Access-to-justice Sustainable development Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Western Europe Abstract The purpose of the present Act is to establish a national spatial data infrastructure. The Act provides the legal framework for: 1) access to spatial data, spatial data and metadata services of spatial data holding agencies and 2) the use of such data and services, especially for measures which may have some impact on the environment. The text consists of 22 articles divided into 7 Parts as follows: General provisions (1); Requirements for metadata and spatial data sets and services (2); Network services and their public availability (3); Use of geodata by competent authorities and other persons or bodies (4); Coordination, monitoring and reporting (5); Legal protection (6); Final provisions (7). Three Annexes are enclosed. Full text German Website www.ris.bka.gv.at References - Legislation Amended by Federal Act amending the Spatial Information Infrastructure Act. Legislation | Austria | 2012 Keyword: Pollution control, EIA, Land tenure, Cadastre/land registration, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information Source: FAO, FAOLEX