The Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (Modification of Part 1) Regulations 2015

Made: 22nd June 2015

Coming into force: 14th September 2015

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Citation, commencement and interpretation

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Modification of Part 1

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Revocation

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Signed

AILEEN McLEOD — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 2015-06-22

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations provide that the provisions of Part 1 of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (“the Act”) have effect with certain modifications. In particular, regulation 2 modifies:

• section 1 of the Act so that references to “the Directive” in Part 1 have effect as references to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, as last amended by Commission Directive 2014/101/EU; and

• section 2(1) and (2) of the Act so that the Scottish Ministers, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and the responsible authorities must also exercise various functions so as to secure compliance with the Groundwater Directive (as amended by Commission Directive 2014/80/EU) and the Priority Substances Directive (as amended by Directive 2013/39/EU).

Accordingly, these Regulations contain provisions necessary to comply with:

• Decision No 2455/2001/EC, Directive 2008/32/EC, Directive 2008/105/EC, Directive 2009/31/EC, Directive 2013/39/EU and Commission Directive 2014/101/EU;

• Directive 2006/118/EC (as amended by Commission Directive 2014/80/EU); and

• Directive 2008/105/EC (as amended by Directive 2013/39/EU).

Regulation 3 revokes provisions of the Water Environment (Groundwater and Priority Substances) (Scotland) Regulations 2009 which are superseded by virtue of regulation 2.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2003 asp 3. Section 25(1) was amended by S.I. 2011/1043.

[^f00002]: Section 36(6) has been modified by paragraph 5 of schedule 3 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).

[^f00003]: OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p.1.

[^f00004]: OJ L 331, 15.12.2001, p.1.

[^f00005]: OJ L 81, 20.3.2008, p.60.

[^f00006]: OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p.84.

[^f00007]: OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p.114.

[^f00008]: OJ L 226, 24.8.2013, p.1.

[^f00009]: OJ L 311, 31.10.2014, p.32.

[^f00010]: OJ L 372, 27.12.2006, p.19, as amended by Commission Directive 2014/80/EU (OJ L 182, 21.6.2014, p.52).

[^f00011]: OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p.84, as amended by Directive 2013/39/EU (OJ L 226, 24.8.2013, p.1).

[^f00012]: As amended by the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 8), schedule 2, paragraph 6; the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 17), schedule 1, paragraph 1; the Reservoirs (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 9), section 109; the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 6), schedule 3, paragraph 14; the Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2013 (asp 7), section 54; the Water Resources (Scotland) Act 2013 (asp 5), schedule 4, paragraph 2; the Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 3), schedule 3, paragraph 8; S.S.I. 2005/348 and S.I. 2011/1043.

[^f00013]: OJ L 372, 27.12.2006, p.19, as amended by Commission Directive 2014/80/EU (OJ L 182, 21.6.2014, p.52).

[^f00014]: OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p.84, as amended by Directive 2013/39/EU (OJ L 226, 24.8.2013, p.1).

[^f00015]: S.S.I. 2009/420, as amended by S.S.I. 2011/209.

Editorial notes

[^key-e8c123adb589bb290e11b3d8d6c63d24]: Regulations revoked (31.12.2020) by The Environment (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/26), regs. 1, 5; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)