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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-remedial-measures-scotland-regulations-2016/regulation-10",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2016/19",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Environment (Remedial Measures) (Scotland) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-remedial-measures-scotland-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Enforcement by the courts",
  "text": "If SEPA is of the opinion that proceedings for an offence under regulation 11(1)(a) or (b) would afford an ineffectual remedy against a person who has failed to comply with a requirement of—\n(a) a remedial measures notice; or\n(b) a variation notice,\nit may take proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction for the purpose of securing compliance with that notice.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 10 in force at 1.4.2016, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/19/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:25:53.352588+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."
}