PART 16TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
Water supply zones
51.—(1) The named areas designated by Scottish Water as its water supply zones for the year 2015 in accordance with regulation 3(1) and (2) of the 2001 Regulations are to be treated as areas designated (and named as such) by Scottish Water to be water supply zones for that year in accordance with regulation 3 of these Regulations.
(2) In regulation 2(1), “water supply zone” includes the areas that are treated as water supply zones for the year 2015 by virtue of paragraph (1).
Authorised departures
52. Regulation 24(4)(c) does not apply in relation to an application for authorisation made under regulation 20 of the 2001 Regulations(1) which was—
(a)made before 1st January 2015; and
(b)not determined by the Scottish Ministers before that date.
By virtue of section 17(2)(b) of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c.30), an application made under regulation 20 of the Water Supply (Water Quality) (Scotland) Regulations 2001 has effect as if made under regulation 24 of these Regulations.