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Urban Waste Water Treatment (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003 (S.S.I. No. No. 273 of 2003).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Scotland
Document type
Regulation
Date
2003
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Pollution control Freshwater pollution Access-to-information Effluent waste water/discharge
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

Regulation 2 requires the Scottish Ministers to publicise in accordance with that regulation the decision taken on a review of he identification of "sensitive areas" and "high natural dispersion areas" which are areas of water defined in accordance with specified criteria. Regulation 3 places a duty on the Scottish Ministers and Scottish Environment Protection Agency to ensure that their respective web-sites contain certain information. The websites must show maps of all current sensitive areas and high natural dispersion areas and must give the dates that any such areas of water were identified, or cease to be so identified. It also places a duty on SEPA to ensure that the maps and other information are available for public inspection at its principal office and its principal regional offices.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Amends

Urban Waste Water Treatment (Scotland) Regulations 1994 (S.S.I. No. No. 2842 (S.144) of 1994).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 1994

Keyword: Pollution control, Institution, Authorization/permit, Freshwater pollution, Effluent waste water/discharge, Inspection, Basin/catchment/watershed, Inland waters

Source: FAO, FAOLEX