# The Water Environment (Register of Protected Areas) (Scotland) Regulations 2004, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation


(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Water Environment (Register of Protected Areas) (Scotland) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 22nd December 2004.
(2) In these Regulations–
(a) any reference to a section is a reference to that section of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003;
(b) “the register” means the register of the protected areas lying within the Scotland River Basin District .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/516/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-register-of-protected-areas-scotland-regulations-2004/regulation-1
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