# The Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These 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).
Schedule 3 of CAR is revoked and re enacted to effect changes to the General Binding Rules contained there.
The re enacted Schedule 3;
(a) retains, as Rules 1 to 11, the previous General Binding Rules with slight amendments, extending their scope; and
(b) adds, as Rules 12 to 17, General Binding Rules relating to–
(i) the removal of sediment from the beds of rivers, burns or ditches and its return;
(ii) the placement of boulders in a river or burn;
(iii) the temporary abstraction of ground water; from construction sites, maintenance works, or for the extraction of geothermal energy.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/219/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-controlled-activities-scotland-amendment-regulations-2007/note
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