PART 1SCITATION, COMMENCEMENT AND GENERAL INTERPRETATION

InterpretationS

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003;

“artificial or heavily modified body of surface water” means a body of surface water designated as artificial or heavily modified in accordance with regulation 4;

[F1“assimilated law” has the meaning given by section 6(7) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018];

“body of surface water” has the meaning given in section 28 of the Act;

“environmental objective” means an objective set under section 9(1)(a)(i) of the Act;

[F2“the Groundwater Directive” means Directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration, as amended by Commission Directive 2014/80/EU,]

[F3“groundwater hazardous substance” means a substance identified in accordance with regulation 24A,]

[F4“pollutant ” means any substance or heat liable to cause pollution to the water environment, including those listed in the schedule,]

[F5“the Priority Substances Directive” means Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy, amending and subsequently repealing Council Directives 82/176/EEC, 83/513/EEC, 84/156/EEC, 84/491/EEC, 86/280/EEC and amending Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, as amended by Directive 2013/39/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council,]

“programme of measures” means a programme prepared under section 9(1)(b) of the Act;

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“river basin district” means an area designated as such by order under section 4(1) of the Act;

“river basin management plan” means such a plan approved by the Scottish Ministers under section 13 of the Act (including that section as applied by section 14(4));

“SEPA” means the Scottish Environment Protection Agency;

[F7“substance” includes any chemical element and its compounds (including bacteria and other pathogens),]

“water environment” has the meaning given in section 3 of the Act; and

[F8“the Water Framework Directive” means Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy as last amended by Commission Directive 2014/101/EU.]

(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, any other word or expression which is used in both these Regulations and the Water Framework Directive (and which is not otherwise defined in these Regulations or in Part 1 of the Act) has the meaning given in that Directive.

[F9(3) For the purposes of these Regulations—

(a)the Water Framework Directive is to be interpreted in accordance with Part 1 (the Directive) of schedule 5 (interpretation of Directives for the purposes of Part 1) of the Act,

(b)the Groundwater Directive is to be interpreted in accordance with Part 2 (the Groundwater Directive) of schedule 5 of the Act,

(c)the Priority Substances Directive is to be interpreted in accordance with Part 3 (the Priority Substances Directive) of schedule 5 of the Act.

(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3), schedule 5 of the Act is to be read as if—

(a)references to “the Directive” are to “the Water Framework Directive”,

(b)references to “Part 1 of this Act” are to “these Regulations”.]

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