The Water Environment (River Basin Management Planning: Further Provision) (Scotland) Regulations 2013

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 CITATION, COMMENCEMENT AND GENERAL INTERPRETATION

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

  3. PART 2 RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT PLANNING

    1. 3.Setting of environmental objectives

    2. 4.Designation as artificial or heavily modified bodies of surface water

    3. 5.Environmental objectives: phased achievement

    4. 6.Environmental objectives: human activity or natural condition

    5. 7.Environmental objectives: natural cause or force majeure

    6. 8.Environmental objectives: modifications to physical characteristics

    7. 9.Environmental objectives: sustainable human development activities

    8. 10.Environmental objectives: application of regulations 4 to 9

    9. 11.Waters used for the abstraction of drinking water

    10. 12.Content of monitoring programme

    11. 13.Preparation of programme of measures

    12. 14.Content of river basin management plans

    13. 15.Fixing of charges for water services

  4. PART 3 SPECIFIC MEASURES AGAINST POLLUTION OF WATER

    1. 16.Interpretation of Part 3

    2. 17.Environmental quality standards for bodies of surface water

    3. 18.Designation of mixing zones

    4. 19.Register of emissions, discharges and losses

    5. 19A.Coordination

    6. 19B.Watch list

  5. PART 4 SPECIFIC MEASURES TO PREVENT AND CONTROL POLLUTION OF GROUNDWATER

    1. 20.Interpretation of Part 4

    2. 21.Criteria for assessing groundwater chemical status

    3. 22.Procedure for assessing groundwater chemical status

    4. 23.Identification of significant and sustained upward trends and the definition of starting points for trend reversals

    5. 24.Measures to prevent or limit inputs of pollutants into groundwater

  6. PART 5 MODIFICATION AND REVOCATION OF ENACTMENTS

    1. 25.Amendment of the Water Environment (Register of Protected Areas) (Scotland) Regulations 2004

    2. 26.Amendment of the Marine Strategy Regulations 2010

    3. 27.Amendment of the Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011

    4. 28.Amendment of salmon fishery district designation orders

    5. 29.Revocations

  7. Signature

  8. Explanatory Note