The Control of Pollution (Exemption of Certain Discharges from Control) (Scotland) Variation Order 1993

• Citation: S.I. 1993/1154
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and extent

This Order may be cited as the Control of Pollution (Exemption of Certain Discharges from Control) (Scotland) Variation Order 1993, shall come into force on 19th May 1993 and shall extend to Scotland only.

Section 2 Variation of the Control of Pollution (Exemption of Certain Discharges from Control) Order 1983

(1) The Control of Pollution (Exemption of Certain Discharges from Control) Order 1983( ) shall be varied in accordance with the following paragraphs.

(2) In article 2 (interpretation) the definition of “underground stream” shall be omitted.

(3) In article 4–

(a) in paragraph 1 for the word “water” where it first appears there shall be substituted the words “river purification”; and

(b) in paragraphs (1) and (2)(a) for the words “water authority area” there shall be substituted the words “authority’s area”.

(4) In the Schedule( )–

(a) in column (1), paragraph 1 for the words “lake, loch or pond which does not discharge into a stream” there shall be substituted the words “waters of a loch or pond which are not inland waters”;

(b) in column (1), paragraph 2 the words “any stream or” shall be omitted;

(c) in column (2), paragraph 3(a) for the words “specified underground water” and “water” there shall be substituted respectively the words “ground waters” and “waters”; and

(d) in column (2), paragraph 3(b) for the words “specified underground water” there shall be substituted the words “ground waters”.

Section 3 Variation of the Control of Pollution (Exemption of Certain Discharges from Control) (Variation) Order 1986

The Control of Pollution (Exemption of Certain Discharges from Control) (Variation) Order 1986( ) shall be varied as follows:–

(a) in article 3 (transitional provisions) for the word “water” there shall be substituted the words “river purification”; and

(b) in article 4 (transitional provisions) for the words “a water authority” there shall be substituted the words “an islands council”.