Regulation 2 Modification of Part 1

For the purpose of giving effect to relevant EU obligations or of exercising any related right, the provisions of Part 1 (protection of the water environment) of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003^f1 have effect with the following modifications—

(a)

after section 1(1) (general purpose of Part 1) insert—

“(1A)
The reference in subsection (1) to Directive 2000/60/EC is to that Directive as amended by—

(a)
Decision No 2455/2001/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council,

(b)
Directive 2008/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council,

(c)
Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council,

(d)
Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council,

(e)
Directive 2013/39/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, and

(f)
Commission Directive 2014/101/EU.”; and

(b)

in section 2 (the general duties)—

(i)

in subsections (1) and (2), after “Directive” insert “, the Groundwater Directive and the Priority Substances Directive”; and

(ii)

in subsection (8), before the definition of “the relevant enactments” insert—

““the Groundwater Directive” means Directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration^f2,

“the Priority Substances Directive” means Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy^f3,”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: As amended by the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 8), schedule 2, paragraph 6; the Planning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 17), schedule 1, paragraph 1; the Reservoirs (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 9), section 109; the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 (asp 6), schedule 3, paragraph 14; the Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2013 (asp 7), section 54; the Water Resources (Scotland) Act 2013 (asp 5), schedule 4, paragraph 2; the Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 3), schedule 3, paragraph 8; S.S.I. 2005/348 and S.I. 2011/1043.
f2: OJ L 372, 27.12.2006, p.19, as amended by Commission Directive 2014/80/EU (OJ L 182, 21.6.2014, p.52).
f3: OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p.84, as amended by Directive 2013/39/EU (OJ L 226, 24.8.2013, p.1).