PART 2Amendments to legislation concerning the water environment

The Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011I13

1

The Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 M1 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 2 (interpretation), after paragraph (2), insert—

3

For the purposes of these Regulations—

a

the Water Framework Directive is F1to be interpreted in accordance with Part 1 (the Directive) of schedule 5 (interpretation of Directives for the purposes of Part 1) of the Act,

b

the Groundwater Directive is F2to be interpreted F3in accordance with Part 2 (the Groundwater Directive) of schedule 5 of the Act,

c

the Priority Substances Directive is to be interpreted in accordance with Part 3 (the Priority Substances Directive) of schedule 5 of the Act.

4

For the purposes of paragraph (3), schedule 5 of the Act is to be read as if—

a

references to “the Directive” are to “the Water Framework Directive”,

b

references to “Part 1 of this Act” are to “these Regulations”.

3

In schedule 3 (general binding rules), omit Part 3 (mutual recognition) M2.