Gas Regulator Levies Act, 2002
R 385
South African Weather Service Act, 2001 (Act No. 8 of 2001)Chapter 9 : General and Miscellaneous Provisions26. Intellectual property rights |
| (1) | The Weather Service retains the intellectual property rights on any data, meteorological and advisory services, computer programs, inventions, discoveries and improvements generated by the Weather Service in the fulfilment of its functions. |
| (2) | Any data, information, advisory services and meteorological services of the Weather Service provided to a client or customer may not be provided by that client or customer to a third party or be distributed without the written consent of the Chief Executive Officer. |
| (3) | Any use of material by way of publication, including radio, television or other such medium, must acknowledge the Weather Service’s contribution. |
| (4) | Ambient air quality data that the Weather Service has not collected itself remains the property of the collector of that ambient air quality data, even if the provision of such ambient air quality data is required by legislation. |
[Subsection (4) inserted by section 12 of Act No. 48 of 2013]
| (5) | The use of such externally sourced ambient air quality data is governed by the objectives of this Act and the Air Quality Act. |
[Subsection (5) inserted by section 12 of Act No. 48 of 2013]
