(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations, made under Sections 20, 36(2) and 36(3) of, and Schedule 2 to, the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 3) make amendments to the Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/348) (CAR).
Schedule 3 of CAR is revoked and re enacted to effect changes to the General Binding Rules contained there.
The re enacted Schedule 3;
(a)retains, as Rules 1 to 11, the previous General Binding Rules with slight amendments, extending their scope; and
(b)adds, as Rules 12 to 17, General Binding Rules relating to–
(i)the removal of sediment from the beds of rivers, burns or ditches and its return;
(ii)the placement of boulders in a river or burn;
(iii)the temporary abstraction of ground water; from construction sites, maintenance works, or for the extraction of geothermal energy.