{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-and-water-services-scotland-act-2003/schedule-5/paragraph-12",
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  "legislation": "asp/2003/3",
  "legislation_title": "Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-and-water-services-scotland-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Annex IV is to be read as if—\n(a) in paragraph 1—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (iii), for “Directive 76/160/EEC” there were substituted “ assimilated law which implemented Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the management of bathing water quality and repealing Directive 76/160/EEC ”,\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (iv), after “under”, in both places it occurs, there were inserted “ the assimilated law which implemented ”,\n(iii) in sub-paragraph (v)—\n(A) after “under”, there were inserted “ the assimilated law which implemented ”,\n(B) for “Directive 79/409/EEC” there were substituted “ the assimilated law which implemented Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conservation of wild birds ”,\n(b) in paragraph 2, the words “Community, national or local” were omitted.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environment (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/26), regs. 1, 2(6) (as amended by S.S.I. 2019/175, regs. 1(1)(b), 8(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in sch. 5 para. 12(a)(i) 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. 1 para. 4(2)(k)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in sch. 5 para. 12(a)(ii) 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. 1 para. 4(2)(l)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in sch. 5 para. 12(a)(iii)(A) 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. 1 para. 4(2)(m)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in sch. 5 para. 12(a)(iii)(B) 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. 1 para. 4(2)(n)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/3/schedule/5/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:54.686695+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."
}