(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order designates certain public bodies and office-holders as responsible authorities in respect of specified functions relating to the water environment, for the purposes of Part 1 of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 3). Article 2(1) of the Order designates the bodies and office-holders set out in column 1 of the Schedule for this purpose.
The functions of those bodies and office-holders which relate to the water environment, conferred by the enactments set out in column 2 of the Schedule, are specified as designated functions of those bodies and office-holders, by Article 2(2) of the Order.
A Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared and can be obtained from the Water Division of the Scottish Executive or at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Environment/Water/17316/8084.