{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/urban-waste-water-treatment-scotland-regulations-1994/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/urban-waste-water-treatment-scotland-regulations-1994/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/2842",
  "legislation_title": "The Urban Waste Water Treatment (Scotland) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/urban-waste-water-treatment-scotland-regulations-1994",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Sensitive areas and high natural dispersion areas",
  "text": "(1) Subject to regulation 2 of the Urban Waste Water Treatment (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003, in these Regulations–\n(a) “sensitive area” means an area of water which the Secretary of State has identified in accordance with the criteria set out in Part I of Schedule 1 and which is shown as such on a map deposited with SEPA for the purposes of this regulation;\n(b) “high natural dispersion area” means an area of water which the Secretary of State has identified in accordance with the criteria set out in Part II of Schedule 1 and which is shown as such on a map deposited with SEPA for the purposes of this regulation.\n(2) The Secretary of State shall review the identification of sensitive areas and high natural dispersion areas, in accordance with the relevant criteria in Schedule 1, no later than 31 December 1997 and thereafter at intervals of no more than four years.\n(3) Where, following a review under paragraph (2) above, an area of water becomes or ceases to be identified as a sensitive area or a high natural dispersion area the Secretary of State shall deposit with SEPA, in substitution for the map already so deposited for the purposes of this regulation, such further map as may be necessary to reflect the changes in identification.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3(1) inserted (27.6.2003) by The Urban Waste Water Treatment (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/273), regs. 1(1), 4(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 3(1) substituted (1.4.1996) by The Environment Act 1995 (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/973), reg. 1, Sch. para. 19(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 3(3) ceases to have effect (27.6.2003) by virtue of The Urban Waste Water Treatment (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003 (S.S.I. 2003/273), regs. 1(1), 4(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in reg. 3(3) substituted (1.4.1996) by The Environment Act 1995 (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/973), reg. 1, Sch. para. 19(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 30.11.1994, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2842/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:23:41.288145+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."
}