The Water Environment (Drinking Water Protected Areas) (Scotland) Order 2005

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Water Environment (Drinking Water Protected Areas) (Scotland) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 22nd March 2005.

(2) In this Order any reference to a section is a reference to that section of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003.

Drinking Water Protected Areas

2.—(1) The bodies of surface water identified in maps 1 to 11(1), and the bodies of groundwater identified in maps 12 to 22(b) are for the purposes of section 6(1), those bodies of water in the Scotland River Basin District(2) which are–

(a) used for the abstraction of water intended for human consumption and either–

(i) provide more than 10 cubic metres of such water per day, or

(ii) serve more than 50 persons, or

(b) are intended to be used as mentioned in paragraph (a).

(2) The maps referred to in paragraph (1) are the maps prepared for the purposes of this Order and laid before the Scottish Parliament in accordance with section 6(2).

LEWIS MACDONALD

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh

24th February 2005