The Urban Waste Water Treatment (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003
These Regulations amend the Urban Waste Water Treatment (Scotland) Regulations 1994, (“the principal Regulations”) which implement Council Directive 91/271/EEC concerning urban waste water treatment (“the Directive”). The principal Regulations, amongst other matters, require the Scottish Ministers to keep under review the identification of “sensitive areas” and “high natural dispersion areas” which are areas of water defined in accordance with specified criteria. The functions of the Secretary of State in respect of the Directive were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).