{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/urban-waste-water-treatment-scotland-regulations-1994/schedule-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/urban-waste-water-treatment-scotland-regulations-1994/schedule-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": "schedule/4",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "INDUSTRIAL WASTE WATER",
  "text": "Industrial waste water entering collecting systems and urban waste water treatment plants shall be subject to such pre-treatment as is required in order to–\nprotect the health of staff working in collecting systems and treatment plants;\nensure that collecting systems, waste water treatment plants and associated equipment are not damaged;\nensure that the operation of the waste water treatment plant and the treatment of sludge are not impeded;\nensure that discharges from the treatment plants do not adversely affect the environment, or prevent receiving water from complying with assimilated law;\nensure that sludge can be disposed of safely in an environmentally acceptable manner.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environment (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/26), regs. 1, 6(7); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 4 substituted (1.1.2024) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/374), reg. 1(1), sch. 2 para. 1(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 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/schedule/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."
}