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The information accessible on this area of the INSPIRE site has been provided by Spatial Data Interest Communities (SDICs) and Legally Mandated Organisation (LMOs) via the ongoing Call for Expression of Interest for INSPIRE development.

The information includes:

LMO Description
Organisation	Land and Property Services (LPS)
Details
Level of authority	National Northern Ireland
Formal Mandate	Land and Property Services is an Executive Agency within the Department of Finance and Personnel in Northern Ireland. The intention to create the Agency was announced in the Review of Public Administration in March 2006. The Agency has been established initially from the merger of the former Rate Collection Agency and the Valuation and Lands Agency. This was followed by the addition of Land Registers of Northern Ireland and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland from 1 April 2008
Main Activities	LPS is the official government organisation responsible for supplying mapping and geographic information services for Northern Ireland. It is also responsible for Valuing all domestic and non-domestic properties in Northern Ireland Maintaining valuation lists Carrying out general revaluations Providing a general valuation, estate-management and property-information service to government departments and the public sector in Northern Ireland Issuing rates bills for private domestic properties and non-domestic properties, such as shops, factories etc. Following up and processing payments for rates bills Inspecting vacant properties Processing refunds if someone has paid us too much Managing the Housing Benefit Scheme (for owner-occupiers) and the other rate-relief schemes (see www.helpwithratesni.gov.uk ) Managing the Disabled Person’s Allowance Scheme maintaining the Title Register in, Land Registry and Statutory Charges Register and the Registry of Deeds and providing up to date accurate Land Information Services Supplying mapping information for Northern Ireland. Providing records and data about place and location. LPS is also responsible for the organisation and running of the GI Strategy for Northern Ireland.
LMO URL	www.lpsni.gov.uk
Comments
LMO CONTACT INFORMATION
Contact Person	Suzanne McLaughlin
Organisation	Land and Property Services
Function	GI Strategy and INSPIRE Co-ordinator
Address	Colby House, Stranmillis Court, Malone Lower, BELFAST, BT9 5BJ
Country	UNITED KINGDOM
Tel	02890 388424
Fax	02890 255700
PROPOSED ROLE IN INSPIRE DEVELOPMENT
Which role(s) do you foresee for the LMO in INSPIRE development
submit reference material as input to the Drafting Teams register a project to test/revise/develop the draft Implementing Rules participate in the review process implement pilot projects to test/revise/develop the draft Implementing Rules be kept informed
Area of work/experience
Geographic Domain:	National Description of geographic extent: Northern Ireland
Societal Sector	central government
Specific Expertise	Data Specifications
INSPIRE Data Themes	Theme User Producer Coordinator Coordinate reference systems   Geographical grid systems   Geographical names     Administrative units     Addresses   Cadastral parcels     Transport networks     Hydrography     Elevation     Orthoimagery     Statistical units     Buildings
Previous Experience relevant for INSPIRE development	LPS (formerly OSNI) developed one of the first geographic information strategies in the UK. The Strategy, originally named "Mosaic" (now the GI Strategy for Northern Ireland) made significant progress in setting up the governance to facilitate greater data sharing and cooperation. A Geoportal (GeoHub NI®) for Northern Ireland was launched on the 12th June 2008 to facilitate data sharing (www.geohubni.gov.uk), this is currently being populated with numerous data sets that fall across the three INSPIRE annexes. The GI strategy produced in 2003 has subsequently been reviewed with the aim of enhancing the strategy to encompass INSPIRE and plan a way forward for the next 10 years (2009 - 2019). The new strategy can be downloaded from http://www.gistrategyni.gov.uk/
Primary Business	Mapping, land registration and rate collection
Environmental application domains

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