55Interpretation of Part 3
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(1)In this Part—
“appropriate scale” means such scale as SEPA considers most appropriate,
“body of surface water”, “loch”, “river basin” and “watercourse” have the same meanings as in section 28(1) of the 2003 Act,
“sub-basin” means an area of land from which all surface run-off water flows through a series of streams, rivers, other watercourses and, as the case may be, lochs to a particular point in a watercourse or loch,
“wetland” means an area of ground the ecological, chemical and hydrological characteristics of which are attributable to frequent inundation or saturation by water.
(2)The Scottish Ministers may by order specify boundaries of any coastal area for the purposes of this Part.