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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force section 23 of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (“the Act”) on 21st September 2013. Section 23 of the Act empowers the Scottish Ministers to make regulations containing provision for or in connection with the fixing of charges for the provision of water services for the purposes of the protection of the water environment.

The Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 5th March 2003. Part 3 (sections 35 to 38) of the Act also came into force on that day.