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Matters to be included in river basin management plans
Part 1 Matters to be included in every plan
1.A summary of the characterisation of the river basin district...
2.A summary of significant pressures, and the impact of human...
3.A summary of the register of protected areas maintained under...
4.Information as to the arrangements for monitoring water status under...
5.A list of the environmental objectives set under section 9...
6.A summary of the programme of measures prepared under section...
8.A non-technical summary of the information provided under paragraphs 1...
9.A summary of— (a) the steps taken under subsections (3)...
10.Information as to— (a) SEPA, and (b) every responsible authority...
11.The arrangements for making available to the public documents and...
Controlled activities regulations: particular purposes
1.(1) Further defining the activities specified in subsection (3) of...
2.(1) Determining the authorities (whether SEPA or any other public...
3.(1) Prohibiting persons from carrying on, or from causing or...
4.(1) Requiring persons proposing to carry on controlled activities to...
5.(1) Prescribing the form and content of applications for water...
6.(1) Regulating the procedure for registration required by provision made...
7.(1) Authorising, or authorising regulators to make, vary and revoke...
9.Requiring or authorising regulators to carry out consultation in connection...
11.(1) Authorising regulators to serve on any persons carrying on...
12.Creating offences and dealing with matters relating to such offences,...
13.Enabling, where a person has been convicted of an offence...
14.(1) Conferring rights of appeal in respect of decisions made,...
15.(1) Making provision which, subject to any modifications that the...
Part 2 Supplementary provisions
16.The regulations may provide for specified provisions of the regulations...
17.General binding rules may— (a) impose conditions or requirements,
18.In connection with the imposition of conditions as mentioned in...
19.The regulations may— (a) require any such scheme as is...
20.(1) The regulations may provide for any such offence as...
21.In this schedule— “general binding rules” means rules specified in...
Remedial and restoration measures regulations: offences
Sustainable urban drainage systems: further amendments
3.In section 2 (maintenance of public sewers etc.), after “sewers,”...
5.In section 3A(2) (vesting of privately constructed sewers)—
7.In section 7(1) (agreements between roads authorities and Scottish Water),...
8.In section 8(1) (agreements as to provision of sewers etc....
9.In section 11(1) (Scottish Water to keep maps of sewers,...
10.(1) Section 12 (rights of owners and occupiers to connect...
11.In section 14 (direction by Scottish Water as to manner...
15.In section 17 (Scottish Water may take over private sewage...
16.In section 21(1) (buildings not to interfere with sewers), after...
18.In section 39 (Scottish Water to have right to sewage),...
19.In section 41 (breaking open of streets etc.), after “sewers”...
22.In section 48(1) (powers of entry)— (a) in paragraph (a),...
23.In section 59 (interpretation)— (a) in subsection (1), in the...
24.In section 46(1)(b)(ii) of the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002...
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