{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-water-environment-controlled-activities-scotland-regulations-2011/introduction",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2011/9780111012963",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-water-environment-controlled-activities-scotland-regulations-2011",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 36(6) of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.\nThese draft Regulations supersede those laid in the Scottish Parliament on 2nd February 2011.\nEnvironmental Protection\nWater\nMade 2011\nComing into force 31st March 2011\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 20, 36(2) and (3) of, and schedule 2 to, the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (“the Act”) and section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and of all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with subsection (1) of section 21 of the Act, they have consulted with the persons specified in that subsection.\nIn accordance with subsection (2) of that section, they have published a draft of the proposed general binding rules and have had regard to the representations received about the proposed rules in accordance with subsection (4) of that section.\nThe Scottish Ministers have complied with the other requirements of section 21 of the Act.\nIn accordance with section 36(6) of the Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2003 asp 3; amended by section 66 and para 6 of Schedule 2 to the Anti Social Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 8)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c.68;. paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 was inserted by section 28 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51)."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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