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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-controlled-activities-scotland-amendment-regulations-2007/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2007/219",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-controlled-activities-scotland-amendment-regulations-2007",
  "path": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations, made under Sections 20, 36(2) and 36(3) of, and Schedule 2 to, the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 3) make amendments to the Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/348) (CAR).\nSchedule 3 of CAR is revoked and re enacted to effect changes to the General Binding Rules contained there.\nThe re enacted Schedule 3;\n(a) retains, as Rules 1 to 11, the previous General Binding Rules with slight amendments, extending their scope; and\n(b) adds, as Rules 12 to 17, General Binding Rules relating to–\n(i) the removal of sediment from the beds of rivers, burns or ditches and its return;\n(ii) the placement of boulders in a river or burn;\n(iii) the temporary abstraction of ground water; from construction sites, maintenance works, or for the extraction of geothermal energy.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/219/note",
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  "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."
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