{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-water-supplies-grants-scotland-regulations-2006/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-water-supplies-grants-scotland-regulations-2006/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2006/210",
  "legislation_title": "The Private Water Supplies (Grants) (Scotland) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-water-supplies-grants-scotland-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the 1980 Act” means the Water (Scotland) Act 1980;\n“the 2006 Regulations” means the Private Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2006;\n“approved expenditure” means the amount a local authority considers approved works will cost;\n“approved works” means works in respect of which a grant is payable;\n“estimated expenditure” means the amount estimated by an applicant that proposed works will cost; and\n“proposed works” means the works which, in the opinion of an applicant for a grant under these Regulations, when completed will be likely to improve the nature or quality of a private water supply.\n(2) A reference in these Regulations to anything done in writing or produced in written form includes a reference to an electronic communication, as defined in the Electronic Communications Act 2000, which has been recorded and is capable of being reproduced.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1980 c. 45."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2006/209 The Private Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2006"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2000 c. 7."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2017/282",
      "affecting_title": "The Water Intended for Human Consumption (Private Supplies) (Scotland) Regulations 2017"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2017/282",
      "affecting_title": "The Water Intended for Human Consumption (Private Supplies) (Scotland) Regulations 2017"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/210/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:20:03.590482+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}