10River basin management plansS
(1)SEPA must, by such date as the Scottish Ministers may direct, prepare and submit to them a river basin management plan for each river basin district in respect of such period as they may direct.
(2)A river basin management plan must include—
(a)the matters specified in Part 1 of schedule 1, and
(b)such other matters as the Scottish Ministers may by regulations specify.
(3)A river basin management plan—
(a)must (without prejudice to subsection (2)(b)) contain or be accompanied by such maps, diagrams, illustrations and descriptive matter as the Scottish Ministers may direct, and
(b)may contain or be accompanied by such other maps, diagrams, illustrations and descriptive matter as SEPA thinks appropriate for the purpose of explaining or illustrating any matter in the plan.
(4)Any such maps, diagrams, illustrations and descriptive matter are to be treated as forming part of the plan; and references to such a plan are to be construed accordingly.
Commencement Information
I1S. 10 in force at 1.6.2005 by S.S.I. 2005/235, art. 2(a)