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The Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2005

S.S.I. 2005/235 · Made 27 April 2005

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

WATER

Made 27th April 2005

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 38(1) of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003f1, hereby make the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1

2003 asp 3.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Appointed day
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2005.

2Appointed day

1st June 2005 is hereby appointed the day on which the following provisions of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 come into force:–

(a)

sections 8 to 11;

(b)

section 15; and

(c)

section 17.

Signature

LEWIS MACDONALD

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh

27th April 2005

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force further provisions of Part 1 of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (“the Act”) on 1st June 2005 which provide as follows:–

  • section 8 confers duties relating to the monitoring of the status of the water environment in each river basin district and the preparation of monitoring programmes on the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (“SEPA”);

  • section 9 contains requirements relating to the setting of environmental objectives and programme of measures in the river basin management plan;

  • section 10 requires SEPA to prepare and submit to the Scottish Ministers a river basin management plan for each river basin district, and sets out the matters which must be included in, and accompany, the plan;

  • section 11 contains the publicity and consultation requirements relating to the river basin management plan;

  • section 15 concerns the preparation of sub basin plans; and

  • section 17 makes provision for the establishment of River Basin District Advisory Groups.

The Act received Royal Assent on 5th March 2003.