The Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011
3.—(1) The Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011(1) 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 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 be interpreted 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”. ”
(3) In schedule 3 (general binding rules), omit Part 3 (mutual recognition)(2).
S.S.I. 2011/209, relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2015/211 and S.S.I. 2017/389.
Part 3 of schedule 3 was inserted by S.S.I. 2017/389.