Spatial Data Infrastructure Act, 2003 (Act No. 54 of 2003)16. Collaborative maintenance |
| (1) | Data custodians may exchange spatial information in terms of a collaborative maintenance agreement providing for the regular updating of base data sets within an agreed period. |
| (2) | A collaborative maintenance agreement must provide— |
| (a) | for the duration of the agreement; |
| (b) | a stipulation of the frequency with which updated versions of the base data set in question must be provided; |
| (c) | the format and medium to be used in providing the updated spatial information; |
| (d) | for the legal protection of the copyright of the State and other interested parties; and |
| (e) | any other provision that the parties may consider necessary and as may be prescribed. |
| (3) | A data custodian of a base data set must, in the absence of an agreement contemplated in this section, furnish all updates of spatial information of the base data set to the data custodian, of a derivative data set, within a prescribed period, in order to ensure synchronised updates of the two data sets. |
| (4) | A data custodian of a derivative data set must update the data set within a prescribed period after receiving an update of the base data set. |
| (5) | The data custodian of a base data set must render all reasonable assistance to the data custodian of a derivative data set to perform the updating contemplated in subsection (4). |