Implementing the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 - development of environmental standards and conditions: policy statement

Publication Year

2007

Document Status

Withdrawn

Abstract

Provides information on the principles behind the environmental standards and conditions and the process of developing the standards across the UK. It explains how the standards will be introduced in phases, and how they will support the various aspects of the implementation of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (WEWS Act). It also outlines the Scottish Executive's policy on how the standards will be used by SEPA and other regulators to protect, and where necessary to improve, the water environment.

Document History

Superseded by Implementing the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003: assessing Scotland's water environment - use of environmental standards, condition limits and classification schemes. Policy statement (Scottish Government, 2010). To be read with Scotland River Basin District (Surface Water Typology and Environmental Standards) (Scotland) Directions 2007; and Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 - the Scotland River Basin District (Preparation, Submission and Revision of River Basin Management Plan) Directions 2007 (both Scottish Government, 2007).

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