The Water Environment (Drinking Water Protected Areas) (Scotland) Order 2013

Made: 30th January 2013

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 1st February 2013

Coming into force: 11th March 2013

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section6(1) and (2) of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Water Environment (Drinking Water Protected Areas) (Scotland) Order 2013 and comes into force on 11th March 2013.

• (2) In this Order any reference to a section is a reference to that section in the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003.

Drinking Water Protected Areas

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• (1) The bodies of surface water identified in maps 1 to 11 and the bodies of groundwater identified in maps 12 to 22[^f00002] are for the purposes of section 6(1), those bodies of water in the Scotland River Basin District[^f00003] which are—

• (a) used for the abstraction of water intended for human consumption and either—

• (i) provide more than 10 cubic metres of such water per day; or

• (ii) serve more than 50 persons; or

• (b) are intended to be used as mentioned in sub-paragraph (a).

• (2) The maps referred to in paragraph (1) are the maps prepared for the purposes of this Order and laid before the Scottish Parliament in accordance with section 6(2).

Revocation

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The Water Environment (Drinking Water Protected Areas) (Scotland) Order 2007[^f00004] is revoked.

Signed

PAUL WHEELHOUSE — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 30th January 2013

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order identifies those bodies of water used for the abstraction of drinking water, as required by section 6(1) of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (“the Act”). In doing so, it implements the Scottish Ministers’ obligation to identify such bodies of water as set out in paragraph 1 of Article 7 of Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p.1).

This is done by reference to maps prepared for the purposes of this Order and laid before the Scottish Parliament in accordance with section 6(2) of the Act.

The maps collectively identify the bodies of surface water and groundwater in the Scotland River Basin District which are: (a)used for the abstraction of drinking water and either provide more than 10 cubic metres per day or serve more than 50 persons; or (b)intended for such use.

This Order (article3) revokes the Water Environment (Drinking Water Protected Areas) (Scotland) Order 2007.

The maps have been published by the Scottish Ministers and are available on their website at www.scotland.gov.uk.

No Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared for this Order as no impact upon business, charities or voluntary bodies is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2003 asp 3.

[^f00002]: These maps were laid before the Scottish Parliament on 1st February 2013 under reference SG/2013/9.

[^f00003]: The Scotland River Basin District was designated under article 2(1) of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (Designation of Scotland River Basin District) Order (S.S.I. 2003/610).