{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-and-water-services-scotland-act-2003/section-28A",
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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": "section/28A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "28A",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Directives for the purposes of Part 1",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Part—\n(a) the Directive is to be interpreted in accordance with Part 1 of schedule 5,\n(b) the Groundwater Directive is to be interpreted in accordance with Part 2 of that schedule, and\n(c) the Priority Substances Directive is to be interpreted in accordance with Part 3 of that schedule.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 28A inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environment (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/26), regs. 1, 2(5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/3/section/28A",
    "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."
}