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Bathing Waters (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2012 (S.S.I. No. 243 of 2012).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Scotland
Document type
Regulation
Date
2012
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Sea, Water, Environment gen.
Keyword
Marine pollution Pollution control Freshwater pollution Classification/declassification Access-to-information
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

These Regulations amend the Bathing Waters (Scotland) Regulations 2008 so as to carry into effect in Scotland Community provisions in relation with the classification of "short-term pollution" by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, the availability and dissemination of information on short-term pollution, that where short-term pollution is predicted or present, the measures the Agency must take. Those measures include surveillance, early warning systems and monitoring, with a view to issuing a warning or bathing prohibition.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implements

Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the management of bathing water quality and repealing Directive 76/160/EEC.

Legislation | European Union | 2006

Keyword: Marine pollution, Pollution control, Monitoring, Freshwater pollution, Recreational water use

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amends

Bathing Waters (Scotland) Regulations 2008 (S.S.I. No. 170 of 2008).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2008

Keyword: Marine pollution, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution, Classification/declassification

Source: FAO, FAOLEX