PART 2Amendments to legislation concerning the water environment
The Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011I13
1
The Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 M1 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 2 (interpretation), after paragraph (2), insert—
3
For the purposes of these Regulations—
a
the Water Framework Directive is F1to 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
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”.
3
In schedule 3 (general binding rules), omit Part 3 (mutual recognition) M2.