{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-drinking-water-protected-areas-scotland-order-2005/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-drinking-water-protected-areas-scotland-order-2005/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2005/88",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Environment (Drinking Water Protected Areas) (Scotland) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-drinking-water-protected-areas-scotland-order-2005",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Drinking Water Protected Areas",
  "text": "(1) The bodies of surface water identified in maps 1 to 11, and the bodies of groundwater identified in maps 12 to 22(b) are for the purposes of section 6(1), those bodies of water in the Scotland River Basin District which are–\n(a) used for the abstraction of water intended for human consumption and either–\n(i) provide more than 10 cubic metres of such water per day, or\n(ii) serve more than 50 persons, or\n(b) are intended to be used as mentioned in paragraph (a).\n(2) The maps referred to in paragraph (1) are the maps prepared for the purposes of this Order and laid before the Scottish Parliament in accordance with section 6(2).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "These maps were laid before the Scottish Parliament on 28th February 2005 under reference SE/2005/23."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The Scotland River Basin District was designated by virtue of section 2(1) of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (Designation of Scotland River Basin District) Order 2003, S.S.I. 2003/610."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/88/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:27:31.851114+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."
}