1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Contaminated Land (Scotland) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 14th July 2000.
(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.
(3) In these Regulations, unless otherwise indicated, any reference to a numbered section is a reference to the section of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, which bears that number.
(4) In these Regulations “SEPA” means the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.