Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003
Part 1Protection of the water environment
Chapter 1Purpose, general duties and definitions
1General purpose of Part 1
2The general duties
3The water environment: definitions
Chapter 2River basin management planning
River basin districts
4Establishment of river basin districts
5Characterisation of river basin districts
6Bodies of water used for the abstraction of drinking water
7Register of protected areas
8Monitoring
9Environmental objectives and programmes of measures
River basin management plans
10River basin management plans
11River basin management plans: publicity and consultation
12River basin management plans: submission for approval
13River basin management plans: approval
14River basin management plans: review
15Sub-basin plans
16Duty to have regard to river basin management plans and sub-basin plans
17River Basin District Advisory Groups
General
18Power to obtain information and documents etc.
19General regulation-making power
Chapter 3Measures for protection of the water environment
20Regulation of controlled activities
21Controlled activities regulations: procedure
22Remedial and restoration measures
23Fixing of charges for water services
24Planning permission: fish farming
Chapter 4Supplementary
25Power to give effect to Community obligations etc.
26Annual report on implementation of Directive
27Availability of documents for public inspection
28Interpretation of Part 1
Part 2Water and sewerage services
Duty to provide water and sewerage services
29Duty to provide water and sewerage services
30Private sewers, SUD systems and sewage treatment works etc.: vesting, takeover and connection conditions
Mains and pipes provided by persons other than Scottish Water
31Laying of water mains and communication pipes by persons other than Scottish Water
Vesting of waterworks and mains
32Vesting in Scottish Water of waterworks and mains
Sustainable urban drainage systems
33Sustainable urban drainage systems
Supplementary
34Modifications of Part III of the 1980 Act
Part 3General
35Crown application
36Orders and regulations
37Ancillary provision
38Commencement and short title
SCHEDULE 1Matters to be included in river basin management plans
Part 1Matters to be included in every plan
1A summary of the characterisation of the river basin district...
2A summary of significant pressures, and the impact of human...
3A summary of the register of protected areas maintained under...
4Information as to the arrangements for monitoring water status under...
5A list of the environmental objectives set under section 9...
6A summary of the programme of measures prepared under section...
7Information as to any sub-basin plan.
8A non-technical summary of the information provided under paragraphs 1...
9A summary of— (a) the steps taken under subsections (3)...
10Information as to— (a) SEPA, and (b) every responsible authority...
11The arrangements for making available to the public documents and...
Part 2Additional matters to be included in revised plans
12A summary of the changes which have been made as...
13An assessment of the progress made towards the achievement of...
14A summary of any measures included in the programme of...
15A summary of any measures additional to those referred to...
SCHEDULE 2Controlled activities regulations: particular purposes
Part 1List of purposes
1Controlled activities
2Regulators
3Regulation of controlled activities
4Notification of proposals to carry on controlled activities
5Water use licences
6Registration
7Charging schemes
8Publicity and consultation
9Requiring or authorising regulators to carry out consultation in connection...
10Enforcement and offences
11(1) Authorising regulators to serve on any persons carrying on...
12Creating offences and dealing with matters relating to such offences,...
13Enabling, where a person has been convicted of an offence...
14Appeals
15General
Part 2Supplementary provisions
16Particular types of controlled activity
17General binding rules
18Imposition of conditions
19Charging schemes
20Offences
21Interpretation
SCHEDULE 3Sustainable urban drainage systems: further amendments
1The 1968 Act
2In section 1(1) (duty of Scottish Water to provide for...
3In section 2 (maintenance of public sewers etc.), after “sewers,”...
4In section 3 (power to construct public sewers)—
5In section 3A(2) (vesting of privately constructed sewers)—
6In section 4 (Scottish Water may close or alter public...
7In section 7(1) (agreements between roads authorities and Scottish Water),...
8In section 8(1) (agreements as to provision of sewers etc....
9In section 11(1) (Scottish Water to keep maps of sewers,...
10(1) Section 12 (rights of owners and occupiers to connect...
11In section 14 (direction by Scottish Water as to manner...
12In section 15 (owner or occupier to remedy defects in...
13In section 16 (vesting of sewers and other works in...
14In section 16A (vesting of certain private sewers)—
15In section 17 (Scottish Water may take over private sewage...
16In section 21(1) (buildings not to interfere with sewers), after...
17In section 23 (restriction on working minerals)—
18In section 39 (Scottish Water to have right to sewage),...
19In section 41 (breaking open of streets etc.), after “sewers”...
20In section 45 (production of plans and information)—
21In section 46 (certain matter not to be passed into...
22In section 48(1) (powers of entry)— (a) in paragraph (a),...
23In section 59 (interpretation)— (a) in subsection (1), in the...
24Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3)
SCHEDULE 4Modifications of Part III of the 1980 Act
1In section 22 (power to break open streets) of the...
2In section 23 (power to lay mains etc.), after subsection...
3(1) Section 24 (communication and supply pipes) of the 1980...
4(1) Part II of Schedule 3 (provisions as to laying...
5In Schedule 4 (provisions to be incorporated in orders relating...

Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003

2003 asp 3

An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for protection of the water environment, including provision for implementing European Parliament and Council Directive 2000/60/EC; to amend the Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968 and the Water (Scotland) Act 1980 in relation to the provision of water and sewerage services; and for connected purposes.