The Water Environment (Relevant Enactments and Designation of Responsible Authorities and Functions) Order 2008
| Year | 2008 |
SCOTTISH STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2008 No. 263
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
The Water Environment (Relevant Enactments and Designation
of Responsible Authorities and Functions) Order 2008
Made - - - - 26th June 2008
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 27th June 2008
Coming into force - - 22nd September 2008
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by
section 2(8) of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003(a) and all other
powers enabling them to do so.
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Water Environment (Relevant Enactments and
Designation of Responsible Authorities and Functions) Order 2008 and comes into force on
22nd September 2008.
(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act
2003.
Specification of relevant enactments
2. The Scottish Ministers hereby specify the enactments referred to in Schedule 1 as relevant
enactments for the purposes of section 2 of the Act(b).
Designation of responsible authorities and functions
3.—(1) The Scottish Ministers hereby designate as responsible authorities, the public bodies and
office holders referred to in column 1 of Schedule 2, for the purposes of Part 1 of the Act.
(2) The Scottish Ministers hereby specify as designated functions of each body or office holder,
such of the functions relating to the water environment as are conferred by the enactments shown
in column 2 of Schedule 2 relative to each body or office holder.
(a) 2003 asp 3.
(b) Section 2 imposes duties on the Scottish Ministers and SEPA with regard to the exercise of their functions under the
enactments specified in Schedule 1 to this Order; insofar as such enactments confer functions upon a Minister of the Crown,
which are exercisable within devolved competence, such functions were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of
section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).
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