Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 3)

Part 1 Protection of the water environment

Chapter 2 River basin management planning

River basin management plans

16 Duty to have regard to river basin management plans and sub-basin plans

The Scottish Ministers and every public body and office-holder must, in exercising any functions so far as affecting a river basin district, have regard to—

(a) the river basin management plan for that district as approved under section 13,

(b) so far as the exercise of the functions affects an area of the district determined in pursuance of section 15(1)(a), the sub-basin plan prepared for that area, and

(c) so far as relevant, any sub-basin plan prepared under section 15(1)(b) for the purpose of supplementing the river basin management plan for the district.