{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surface-waters-abstraction-for-drinking-water-classification-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surface-waters-abstraction-for-drinking-water-classification-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3047",
  "legislation_title": "The Surface Waters (Abstraction for Drinking Water) (Classification) (Scotland) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surface-waters-abstraction-for-drinking-water-classification-scotland-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Waivers",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, the Secretary of State may waive any requirement to endeavour to respect the relevant limit value specified in Schedule 2 for any parameter in relation to any waters if he considers it appropriate to do so–\n(a) as a result of any flood or other natural disaster;\n(b) where the waters undergo natural enrichment in certain substances as a result of which the waters would exceed the standard for that parameter;\n(c) in the case of a shallow loch or virtually stagnant surface water, for parameters marked with an asterisk in Schedule 2.\n(2) The Secretary of State shall not waive any standard if that would result in a danger to public health.\n(3) Paragraph (1)(c) above shall only apply in relation to a loch if–\n(a) the depth of the water does not exceed 20 meters;\n(b) the exchange of water is slower than a year; and\n(c) waste water is not discharged into the loch.\n(4) In this regulation “natural enrichment” means a process whereby without human intervention a given body of water receives from the soil certain substances contained therein.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3047/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:30:44.273061+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."
}