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The Controlled Waters (Lochs and Ponds) (Scotland) Order 1990

S.I. 1990/120 · Made 23 January 1990

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WATER SUPPLY, SCOTLAND

Made 23rd January 1990

Laid before Parliament 8th February 1990

Coming into force 1st May 1990

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 30A(5)(b) and (6)(b) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974f1, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1974 c. 40; section 30A was inserted, as part of a substitution of a new Part II of the Act, by the Water Act 1989 (c. 15), Schedule 23, paragraph 4.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Reservoirs to be treated as relevant lochs or ponds
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Controlled Waters (Lochs and Ponds) (Scotland) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 1st May 1990.

2Reservoirs to be treated as relevant lochs or ponds

(1)

A reservoir to which this article applies shall be treated for the purposes of Part II of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 as a relevant loch or pond.

(2)

This article applies to a reservoir–

(a)

which does not discharge into a relevant river or watercourse or into a relevant loch or pond; and

(b)

which does not contain water treated with a view to complying with regulation 23 of the Water Supply (Water Quality) (Scotland) Regulations 1990f1.

Signature

James Douglas-Hamilton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St. Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

23rd January 1990

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Part II of the Control of Pollution Act 1974, which makes provision on water quality and control of discharges to water, applies to waters of various classes including waters of certain reservoirs. This Order defines as waters to which Part II applies other reservoirs except those which contain water that has been treated with a view to complying with regulation 23 of the Water Supply (Water Quality) (Scotland) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/119).