{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/urban-waste-water-treatment-scotland-regulations-1994/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/urban-waste-water-treatment-scotland-regulations-1994/regulation-4.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/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Duty to provide and maintain collecting systems and treatment plants",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, Scottish Water shall ensure that collecting systems which satisfy the requirements of Schedule 2 are provided–\n(a) where the urban waste water discharges into receiving waters which are a sensitive area, by 31 December 1998 for every agglomeration with a population equivalent of more than 10,000;\n(b) without prejudice to sub-paragraph (a) above–\n(i) by 31 December 2000 for every agglomeration with a population equivalent of more than 15,000; and\n(ii) by 31 December 2005 for every agg lomeration with a population equivalent of between 2,000 and 15,000.\n(2) Paragraph (1) above shall not apply where either–\n(a) SEPA ... has certified that the establishment of a collecting system is not justified because it would produce no environmental benefit; or\n(b) the Secretary of State has certified that the establishment of a collecting system is not justified because it would involve excessive cost,\nand individual systems or other appropriate systems are provided and SEPA has certified that they achieve the same level of environmental protection.\n(3) Scottish Water shall ensure that urban waste water entering collecting systems is, before discharge, subject to treatment provided in accordance with regulation 5 and that–\n(a) plants built in order to comply with that regulation are designed (account being taken of seasonal variations of load), constructed, operated and maintained to ensure sufficient performance under all normal local climatic conditions;\n(b) treated waste water and sludge arising from waste water treatment are re-used whenever appropriate; and\n(c) disposal routes for treated waste water and sludge minimise the adverse effects on the environment.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4 substituted (28.2.2019) by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (S.S.I. 2018/391), regs. 1(1), 7(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 4(2) 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": "Words in reg. 4(2)(a) cease to have effect (1.4.1996) by The Environment Act 1995 (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/973), reg. 1, Sch. para. 19(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 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/4",
    "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."
}