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The Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2007

S.S.I. 2007/512 · Made 15 November 2007

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WATER

Made 15th November 2007

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

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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. 6) Order 2007.

2Appointed day

30th November 2007 is the appointed day on which the following provisions of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 come into force–

(a)

section 33(1), so far as not already in force;

(b)

section 33(2); and

(c)

schedule 3.

Signature

MICHAEL RUSSELL

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

15th November 2007

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force further provisions of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (“the 2003 Act”) on 30th November 2007.

Article 2(a) commences, so far as not already in force, section 33(1) of the 2003 Act, which inserts a definition of “private SUD system” into section 59(1) of the Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 47). A “SUD system” means a sustainable urban drainage system as defined in section 59(1) of the 1968 Act.

Articles 2(b) and (c) commence section 33(2) of and schedule 3 to the 2003 Act. Schedule 3 makes further amendments to the 1968 Act and to the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3) in connection with SUD systems.