The Water Environment (Relevant Enactments and Designation of Responsible Authorities and Functions) (Scotland) Order 2011
| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Citation | SSI 2011/368 |
SCOTTISH STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2011 No. 368
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
The Water Environment (Relevant Enactments and Designation
of Responsible Authorities and Functions) (Scotland)
Order 2011
Made - - - - 25th October 2011
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 27th October 2011
Coming into force - - 1st December 2011
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) (Scotland) Order 2011 and comes into
force on 1st December 2011.
(2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act
2003.
Specification of relevant enactments
2. The enactments referred to in Schedule 1 are specified as relevant enactments for the purposes
of section 2 of the Act(b).
Designation of responsible authorities and functions
3.—(1) The public bodies and office holders referred to in column 1 of Schedule 2 are
designated as responsible authorities for the purposes of Part 1 of the Act.
(2) The functions conferred upon each responsible authority by the enactments shown in
column 2 of Schedule 2 are, insofar as they relate to the water environment, specified as
designated functions of that authority for the purposes of Part 1 of the Act.
(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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