http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/368/article/2The Water Environment (Relevant Enactments and Designation of Responsible Authorities and Functions) (Scotland) Order 2011Environmental protectionNational parksCoastal erosion and protectionPollutionFisheries and aquacultureenENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONStatute Law Database2026-09-02Expert Participation2025-11-01 This Order specifies the enactments set out in Schedule 1 as relevant enactments for the purposes of section 2 of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (“the Act”). 2 The enactments referred to in Schedule 1 are specified as relevant enactments for the purposes of section 2 of the Act. Section 2 imposes duties on the Scottish Ministers and SEPA with regard to the exercise of their functions under the enactments specified in Schedule 1 to this Order; insofar as such enactments confer functions upon a Minister of the Crown, which are exercisable within devolved competence, such functions were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46). Art. 2 in force at 1.12.2011, see art. 1(1)