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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-water-environment-controlled-activities-scotland-regulations-2011/schedule-3/part-1",
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  "legislation_title": "The Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011",
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  "text": "Column 1\nActivity\nColumn 2\nRules\n1.\nThe operation of any weir that—\nThe weir must not impede the free passage of salmon and sea trout during periods within\n(a)\nis not capable of being operated to control the water level upstream of the weir;\nwhich, in the absence of the weir, the flow of the river would be at a level expected to enable migration.\n(b)\ndoes not result in the creation of a height differential between the upstream and downstream water surfaces of more than one metre; and\n(c)\nwas constructed before 1st April 2006.\n2.\nThe abstraction of less than 10 m³ of water in any one day.\n(a)\nThere must be a means of demonstrating that the abstraction is less than 10 m³ in any one day, such as a means of measuring the rate of the abstraction or a means of demonstrating that the maximum volume that could be abstracted cannot exceed 10 m³ in any one day; and\n(b)\nwater leakage must be kept to a minimum by ensuring all pipe work, storage tanks and other equipment associated with the abstraction and use of the water are maintained in a state of good repair.\n3.\nThe construction or extension of any well, borehole or other works by which water may be abstracted, or the installation or modification of any machinery or apparatus by which additional quantities of water may be abstracted, if such works are—\n(a)\nSubject to paragraphs (b) and (c), the construction of the well or borehole must be such as to avoid the entry of pollutants or water of a different chemical composition into the body of groundwater;\n(a)\nnot intended for the purpose of abstraction;\n(b)\ndrilling fluids may be introduced into the well or borehole if necessary to facilitate the drilling of the well or borehole provided this does not result in pollution of the water environment;\n(b)\nintended for the abstraction of less than 10 m³ of water in any one day;\n(c)\npotable water may be introduced into the well or borehole to test the hydraulic properties of the aquifer; and\n(c)\nintended for the abstraction of less than 150 m³ of water in any period of one year, and the purpose of the abstraction is either—\n(d)\nwhen the well or borehole is not being used for abstraction, it must be back filled or sealed to the extent necessary to avoid loss of groundwater from any aquifer.\n(i)\nto test for the yield of the borehole or well or the hydraulic properties of the aquifer; or\n(ii)\nto sample the water quality;\n(d)\nintended to dewater one or more excavations at—\n(i)\na construction site for roads, buildings, pipelines, or other built developments; or\n(ii)\na site at which the maintenance of such developments is being undertaken;\nor\n(e)\nintended for the purpose of undertaking activity 17.\n4.\nThe abstraction from a borehole, and any subsequent discharge of the abstracted water, if the total volume of water abstracted is less than 150 m³ in any period of one year and the purpose of the abstraction is either—\n(a)\nThe abstraction must not cause the entry of pollutants or water of a different chemical composition into the body of groundwater; and\n(a)\nto test the yield of the borehole or well or the hydraulic properties of the aquifer; or\n(b)\nwhen the borehole is not being used for abstraction, it must be back filled or sealed to the extent necessary to avoid loss of groundwater from any aquifer.\n(b)\nto sample the water quality.\n5.\nThe dredging of a river, burn or ditch that—\n(a)\nhas an average width of less than one metre along the stretch to be worked, as measured at the bottom of the channel; and\n(a)\nVegetation on any bank of the river, burn or ditch may be removed or modified only to the extent that the works cannot reasonably be carried out without such removal or modification;\n(b)\nhas been artificially straightened or canalised along the length which is to be worked.\n(b)\nany vegetation removed must not be disposed of into the channel;\n(c)\nthe bed of the channel adjacent to each bank of the river or burn must be left undisturbed\n(d)\nall reasonable steps must be taken to prevent the transport of sediments or other matter disturbed by the works into waters beyond the worked stretch;\n(e)\nthe works must not be undertaken during periods in which fish are likely to be spawning in the river, burn or ditch nor in the period between any such spawning and the subsequent emergence of the juvenile fish;\n(f)\nall reasonable steps must be taken to avoid increased erosion of the bed or banks of the river, burn or ditch as a result of the works; and\n(g)\nthe works must not result in the heightening of either bank.\n6.\n(a)\nThe construction and maintenance of a minor bridge over a river, burn or ditch; or\n(a)\nVegetation on any bank of the river, burn or ditch must be removed or modified only to the extent necessary to carry out the works;\n(b)\nthe construction, maintenance or removal of a temporary bridge over any river, burn or ditch that has a channel width of less than 5 metres.\n(b)\nany vegetation removed must not be disposed of into the channel;\n(c)\nthe works must not prevent the free passage of migratory fish;\n(d)\nthe works must not result in the narrowing of the channel width nor the heightening of either bank;\n(e)\nif necessary, a temporary culvert may be installed to facilitate the works. The culvert must not extend more than 10 metres along the length of the river, burn or ditch and shall be removed on completion of the works;\n(f)\nthe works must not be undertaken during periods in which fish are likely to be spawning in the river, burn or ditch nor in the period between any such spawning and the subsequent emergence of the juvenile fish;\n(g)\nall reasonable steps must be taken to ensure that the works do not result in increased erosion of the bed or banks of the river, burn or ditch;\n(h)\nas far as reasonably practicable, within 12 months of the commencement of the works, the bed and banks of the river, burn or ditch must be reinstated to at least their condition prior to the commencement of the works; and\n(i)\nfor temporary bridges, as far as reasonably practicable, and within 12 months of the removal of the bridge, the bed and banks must be reinstated at least to their condition prior to the commencement of the works.\n7.\nThe laying of a pipeline or cable by boring beneath the bed and banks of a river, burn or ditch.\n(a)\nThe bed and banks must not be altered as a result of the works other than in accordance with paragraphs (b) and (d);\n(b)\nvegetation on any bank of the river, burn or ditch may be removed or modified only to the extent that the works cannot reasonably be carried out without such removal or modification;\n(c)\nany vegetation removed must not be disposed of into the channel; and\n(d)\nas far as reasonably practicable, within 12 months of the commencement of the works, the bed and banks of the river, burn or ditch must be reinstated at least to their condition prior to the commencement of the works.\n8.\nWorks to control the erosion of a bank of a river, burn or ditch by revetment.\n(a)\nAll reasonable steps must be taken to ensure that the works do not result in increased erosion of either bank of the river, burn or ditch;\n(b)\nthe works must not result in the destabilisation of the bed of the river, burn or ditch upstream or downstream of the works;\n(c)\nvegetation on any bank of the river, burn or ditch may be removed or modified only to the extent that the works cannot reasonably be carried out without such removal or modification;\n(d)\nany vegetation removed must not be disposed of into the channel;\n(e)\nrevetments must be constructed from one or more of the following: vegetation; geotextiles; wood other than wood treated with preservatives or non-grouted stone rip-rap;\n(f)\nthe length of any revetment must be no more than 10 metres or one channel width, whichever is greater;\n(g)\nif wood or stone rip-rap is used for a revetment, the wood or rip-rap must be placed at the toe of the bank;\n(h)\nexcept for the purpose of repairing an existing revetment, no bank protection works must be undertaken within 5 channel widths or 50 metres (whichever is the greater) of any existing bank protection works on any bank of the river, burn or ditch;\n(i)\nthe works must not result in the heightening of either bank;\n(j)\nthe works must not be undertaken during periods in which fish are likely to be spawning in the river, burn or ditch nor in the period between any such spawning and the subsequent emergence of the juvenile fish; and\n(k)\nthe revetments must be maintained in the state of repair required to avoid increased erosion of the banks or destabilisation of the bed.\n9.\nOperating any vehicle, plant or equipment for the purposes of undertaking activity 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, and 14.\n(a)\nAny vehicles, plant or other equipment must only operate in water where it is impracticable for them to operate on dry land;\n(b)\nthe refuelling of vehicles, plant or other equipment must be undertaken at least 10 metres from any surface water;\n(c)\nany static plant or equipment used within 10 metres of surface water must be positioned on a suitably sized and maintained impervious drip tray with a capacity equal to 110 % of the capacity of the fuel tank which is supplying the tank or equipment;\n(d)\nany vehicle, plant or other equipment used in or near surface water must not leak any oil;\n(e)\nthe washing of vehicles, plant or other equipment must be undertaken at least 10 metres away from any surface water and water from such washing must not enter any surface water;\n(f)\nvehicles, plant or other equipment must not be operated in a river, burn or ditch during periods in which fish are likely to be spawning in the river, burn or ditch nor during the period between any such spawning and the subsequent emergence of the juvenile fish;\n(g)\nvehicles, plant or equipment must not be operated in any part of a river, burn or ditch if there is a reasonable likelihood that, within 50 metres of such an operation, there\nare freshwater pearl mussels; and\n(h)\nduring forestry operations the operator must not operate machinery in watercourses.\n10.\nDischarge of water run-off from a surface water drainage system to the water environment from buildings, roads, yards or any other built developments, or\n(a)\nAll reasonable steps must be taken to ensure that the discharge must not result in pollution of the water environment;\nconstruction sites for such developments, and, if desired, the construction and maintenance of any water outfall in or near to inland surface water which forms, or will form, part of that system.\n(b)\nthe discharge must not contain any trade effluent or sewage, and must not result in visible discolouration, iridescence, foaming or growth of sewage fungus in the water environment;\n(c)\nthe discharge must not result in the destabilisation of the banks or bed of the receiving surface water;\n(d)\nthe discharge must not contain any water run-off from any built developments, the construction of which is completed after 1st April 2007, or from construction sites operated after 1st April 2007, unless—\n(i)\nduring construction those developments are drained by a SUD system or equivalent systems equipped to avoid pollution of the water environment;\n(ii)\nfollowing construction those developments are drained by a SUD system equipped to avoid pollution of the water environment;\n(iii)\nthe run-off is from a development that is a single dwelling and its curtilage; or\n(iv)\nthe discharge is to coastal water;\n(e)\nthe discharge must not contain any water run-off from—\n(i)\nfuel delivery areas and areas where vehicles, plant and equipment are refuelled;\n(ii)\nvehicle loading or unloading bays where potentially polluting matter is handled; or\n(iii)\noil and chemical storage, handling and delivery areas;\nconstructed after 1st April 2007;\n(f)\nall facilities with which the surface water drainage system is equipped to avoid pollution, including oil interceptors, silt traps and SUD system attenuation, settlement and treatment facilities, must be maintained in a good state of repair;\n(g)\nall reasonable steps must be taken to ensure that any matter liable to block, obstruct, or otherwise impair the ability of the surface water drainage system to avoid pollution of the water environment is prevented from entering the drainage system; and\n(h)\nthe construction or maintenance of the outfall must not result in pollution of the water environment.\n11.\nDischarge into a surface water drainage system.\n(a)\nOil, paint, paint thinners, pesticides, detergents, disinfectants or other pollutants must not be disposed of into a surface water drainage system or onto any surface that drains into a surface water drainage system;\n(b)\nany matter liable to block, obstruct, or otherwise impair the ability of the surface water drainage system to avoid pollution of the water environment must not be disposed of into a surface water drainage system or onto a surface that drains into a surface water drainage system;\n(c)\nsewage or trade effluent must not be discharged into any surface water drainage system; and\n(d)\non construction sites any area of exposed soil from which water drains into a surface water drainage system, and the period of time during which such water drains, must be the minimum reasonably necessary to facilitate the construction works being undertaken at that site.\n12.\nThe removal of sediment or any other matter that may have been deposited on the bed of a river, burn or ditch in the area of impounded water upstream of a\n(a)\nThe sediment or other matter must be removed within 10 metres upstream of the weir;\nweir the operation of which is authorised under these Regulations and the return of that sediment if desired to the river, burn or ditch from which it was removed.\n(b)\nthe sediment or other matter removed must only include sediment or other matter that could reasonably be expected to have been deposited on the bed of the river, burn or ditch within a period of 3 years preceding the date of the removal;\n(c)\nthe removed sediment must only be returned to the river, burn or ditch from which it was removed, if:\n(i)\nit is returned within 10 metres downstream of the weir;\n(ii)\nit does not result in an accumulation of sediment likely to impede the free passage of migratory fish;\n(iii)\nall reasonable steps are taken to avoid increased erosion of the bed or banks of the river, burn or ditch;\n(iv)\nit is not returned during periods in which fish are likely to be spawning in the river, burn or ditch nor in the period between any such spawning and the subsequent emergence of the juvenile fish; and\n(v)\nno matter other than removed sediment is returned to the river, burn or ditch;\n(d)\nthe removed sediment and other matter must not be placed on the bank of any river, burn or ditch;\n(e)\nthe return or removal must not result in pollution of the water environment;\n(f)\nvegetation on any bank of the river, burn or ditch must be removed or modified only to the extent that the works cannot reasonably be carried out without such removal or modification; and\n(g)\nany vegetation removed must not be disposed of into the channel.\n13.\nThe removal of accumulations of sediment or other matter from:\n(a)\nThe removal or return must not result in the bed of the river, burn or ditch upstream of the culvert being lower than\n(a)\nthe bed of a river, burn or ditch within 10 metres upstream of the point of entry of that river, burn or ditch into a closed culvert;\nthe upper surface of the base of the culvert where it joins the river burn or ditch;\n(b)\nthe bed of a river, burn or ditch within 10 metres downstream of the point of exit of that river, burn or ditch from a closed culvert; or\n(b)\nthe removal or return must not result in there being a vertical step between the upper surface of the base of the culvert and the bed of the river burn or ditch into which it discharges;\n(c)\nthe inside of a closed culvert;\n(c)\nthe removal or return must not be undertaken during periods in which fish\nand, if desired, any subsequent return of the removed sediment to the river, burn or ditch from which it was removed.\nare likely to be spawning in the river, burn or ditch nor in the period between any such spawning and the subsequent emergence of the juvenile fish;\n(d)\nvegetation on any bank of the river, burn or ditch must be removed or modified only to the extent that the works cannot reasonably be carried out without such removal or modification;\n(e)\nany vegetation removed must not be disposed of into the channel;\n(f)\nremoved sediment and other matter must not be placed on the bank of any river, burn or ditch;\n(g)\nthe removed sediment must only be returned to the river, burn or ditch from which it was removed, if:\n(i)\nit is returned within 15 metres downstream of the culvert;\n(ii)\nit does not result in an accumulation of sediment likely to impede the free passage of migratory fish;\n(iii)\nall reasonable steps are taken to avoid increased erosion of the bed or the banks of the river, burn or ditch; and\n(iv)\nits return is not likely to increase the risk of flooding; and\n(h)\nthe activity must not result in pollution of the water environment.\n14.\nThe placement of one or more boulders in a river or burn.\n(a)\nNo boulder or boulders must have a length, breadth or height greater than 10% of the channel width;\n(b)\nno boulder or boulders must be placed within 20 metres of any boulder or boulders (whether placed or not), croy, jetty or other in stream structure occupying more than 10% of the channel width;\n(c)\nno boulder or boulders must be placed in such a way as to extend the width occupied by in stream structures to greater than 10% of the channel width;\n(d)\nno boulder or boulders must be placed against the banks of a river or burn unless such placement forms part of works authorised under these Regulations to control the erosion of a bank of a river, burn or ditch by revetment;\n(e)\nthe tops of the boulders must be submerged except during periods of low flows;\n(f)\nthe placement must not be undertaken during periods in which fish are likely to be spawning in the river or burn nor in the period between any such spawning and the subsequent emergence of the juvenile fish;\n(g)\nall reasonable steps must be taken to ensure that the placement does not result in increased erosion of the bed or banks of the river or burn; and\n(h)\nboulders must not be placed if there is a reasonable likelihood that, within 50 metres of the intended placement, there are freshwater pearl mussels.\n15.\nThe temporary abstraction of groundwater at:\n(a)\nSubject to paragraph (b), groundwater may only be abstracted at the site within a period of 180 days beginning with the first day on which groundwater is abstracted at the site;\n(a)\na construction site for roads, railways, buildings, pipelines, communication links or other built development; or\n(b)\ngroundwater must be abstracted at the site on no more than 5 separate days in total in any period of 180 days if any excavation, well or borehole on the site,\n(b)\na site at which the maintenance of such development is being undertaken;\nand from which groundwater is abstracted, is in the following geological strata:\nby means of:\n(i)\nunconsolidated sands or gravels;\n(i)\npumping the groundwater directly from any excavation or\n(ii)\nsandstones; or\nexcavations on the site; or\n(iii)\nany other strata of equivalently high permeability;\n(ii)\npumping the groundwater from\nany wells or boreholes on the site in order to help dewater any other excavation or excavations on the site;\n(c)\ngroundwater must not be abstracted from any excavations, wells or boreholes that are within 250 metres of a wetland;\n(d)\ngroundwater must not be abstracted from\nand, if desired, the subsequent discharge of the abstracted groundwater if desired to the water environment.\nany excavations, wells or boreholes that are within 250 metres of an abstraction that is not for the sole purpose of dewatering an excavation;\n(e)\nall reasonable steps must be taken to ensure that the quantity of sediment in the abstracted water is minimised; and\n(f)\nif the abstracted groundwater and, if it is pumped directly from an excavation, any precipitation or water run-off that has also collected in the excavation, is discharged to the water environment; it must be via a surface water drainage system authorised under these Regulations, subject to the consent of the person having operational control of the system.\n16.\nThe direct discharge of pollutants into groundwater as a result of construction or maintenance works in or on the ground which come into contact with groundwater.\n(a)\nNo solid or liquid materials coming into contact with groundwater may contain any hazardous substance;\n(b)\ndespite paragraph (a), drilling fluids used during the works may come into contact with groundwater if necessary to facilitate any drilling provided this does not result in pollution of the water environment; and\n(c)\nno materials coming into contact with groundwater as a result of the works may cause pollution of the water environment.\n17.\nThe abstraction and subsequent return of groundwater for the purpose of extracting geothermal energy from the abstracted water.\n(a)\nThe abstracted water must be returned to the same geological formation from which it was abstracted;\n(b)\nany volume of water may be abstracted but the volume of water abstracted and not returned must not exceed 10m3 per day;\n(c)\nthe chemical composition of the abstracted water must not be altered prior to its return to the geological formation;\n(d)\nthere must be a means of demonstrating that the net abstraction is not more than 10m3 in any one day; and\n(e)\nwater leakage must be kept to a minimum by ensuring that all pipe work, storage tanks and other equipment associated with the abstraction and use of the water are maintained in a good state of repair.\n18.\nThe storage and application of fertiliser other than if it is regulated by:\n(a)\nNo fertiliser may be stored on land that—\n(a)\nthe Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989;\n(i)\nis within 10 metres of any surface water or wetland;\n(b)\na waste management licence in terms of section 35 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (waste management licence: general);\n(ii)\nis within 50 metres of any spring that supplies water for human consumption or any well or borehole that is not capped in such a way so\n(c)\nthe registration of a registered exemption, under the Waste\nas to prevent the ingress of water;\nManagement Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011; or\n(iii)\nis waterlogged; or\n(iv)\nhas an average soil depth of less than\n(d)\nthe Control of Pollution (Silage, Slurry and Agricultural Fuel Oil) (Scotland) Regulations 2003.\n30 centimetres and overlies gravel or fissured rock, except if the fertiliser is stored in an impermeable container;\n(b)\nparagraph (a) does not apply if such storage is in a building which is constructed and maintained to such a standard as is necessary to prevent run off or seepage of fertiliser from the building;\n(c)\nno organic fertiliser may be applied to land that—\n(i)\nis within 2 metres of any drainage ditch or within 5 metres of any other surface water or wetland;\n(ii)\nis within 50 metres of any spring that supplies water for human consumption or any well or borehole that is not capped in such a way so as to prevent the ingress of water;\n(iii)\nis sloping with an overall gradient in excess of 15°, or 25° on uncultivated land designated for forestry;\n(iv)\nhas an average soil depth of less than 30 centimetres and overlies gravel or fissured rock, except where the application is for forestry operations; or\n(v)\nis frozen (except where the fertiliser is farm yard manure), waterlogged, or covered with snow;\n(d)\nno inorganic fertiliser may be applied to land that—\n(i)\nis within 2 metres of any surface water or wetland;\n(ii)\nis within 5 metres of any spring that supplies water for human consumption or any well or borehole that is not capped in such a way so as to prevent the ingress of water;\n(iii)\nhas an average soil depth of less than 30 centimetres and overlies gravel or fissured rock, except where the application is for forestry operations; or\n(iv)\nis frozen, waterlogged, or covered with snow;\n(e)\nfertilisers must not be applied to land in excess of the nutrient needs of the crop;\n(f)\nany equipment used to apply fertiliser must be maintained in a good state of repair; and\n(g)\nfertiliser must be applied on land in such a way and at such times that the risk of pollution to the water environment is minimised.\n19.\nKeeping of livestock.\n(a)\nSignificant erosion or poaching of any land that is within 5 metres of surface water or wetland must be prevented;\n(b)\nlivestock must be prevented from entering any land that is within 5 metres of a spring that supplies water for human consumption or any well or borehole that is not capped in such a way so as to prevent the ingress of water; and\n(c)\nlivestock feeders must not be positioned within 10 metres of any surface water or wetland.\n20.\nCultivation of land.\n(a)\nNo land may be cultivated for crops that is—\n(i)\nwithin 2 metres of any surface water or wetland;\n(ii)\nwithin 5 metres of any spring that supplies water for human consumption or any well or borehole that is not capped in such a way so as to prevent the ingress of water; or\n(iii)\nwaterlogged;\n(b)\nmoling of land must not be permitted on slopes with an overall gradient in excess of 4.5°; and\n(c)\nland must be cultivated in a way that minimises the risk of pollution to the water environment.\n21.\nWithout prejudice to the operation of activity 10 and the rules related to it, the discharge of water run-off via a surface water drainage system to the water\n(a)\nWater must be discharged in a way which minimises the risk of pollution to the water environment; and\nenvironment as a result of rural land activities.\n(b)\nno discharge from drainage may result in the destabilisation of the banks or bed of the receiving surface water.\n22.\nConstruction and maintenance of waterbound roads and tracks.\n(a)\nNo material that will or will be likely to result in metallic, sulphide rich or strongly acidic polluted water run off from such roads or tracks may be used in the carrying out of the activity.\n23.\nThe application of pesticide.\n(a)\nThe preparation of pesticide for application and the cleaning or maintenance of pesticide sprayers must be undertaken in conditions such that any spillages, run-off or washings will be prevented from entering the water environment;\n(b)\npesticide spraying equipment must be maintained in a good state of repair;\n(c)\npesticide sprayers must not be filled with water taken from the water environment unless—\n(i)\na device preventing back siphoning is fitted to the system; or\n(ii)\nthe water is first placed in an intermediate container; and\n(d)\npesticide-treated plants must not be soaked in any part of the water environment.\n24.\nOperating sheep dipping facilities.\n(a)\nSheep must be prevented from having access to the water environment while there is a risk of transfer of sheep dip fluid from its fleece to the water environment;\n(b)\nno mobile sheep dipping facility, or part of any sheep dipping facility constructed after 1st April 2008 may be located within 50 metres of any river, ditch, pond, freshwater loch, wetland, well, spring or borehole;\n(c)\nsheep dipping facilities must not discharge underground and must not leak or overspill;\n(d)\nsheep dipping facilities must not be filled with water taken from the water environment unless—\n(i)\na device preventing back siphoning is fitted to the system; or\n(ii)\nthe water is first placed in an intermediate container; and\n(e)\nwithout prejudice to the continued requirement to obtain specific authorisation for the disposal of sheep dip under these Regulations, sheep dip facilities must be emptied within 24 hours following completion of dipping.",
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      "text": "S.I. 1989/1263; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1990/880, S.I. 1996/973 and S.S.I. 2000/62."
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      "text": "1990 c.43; section 35 was amended by the Environment Act 1995 (c.25), section 120 and Schedule 22, paragraph 66, and by S.S.I. 2000/323, Schedule 10, Part 1, paragraph 3(4). For a definition of ‘waste’ see section 75 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 as amended by the Environment Act 1995, section 120 and Schedule 22, paragraph 88."
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      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2003/531; amended by S.S.I. 2006/133."
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