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Water Resources (Scotland) Act 2013 (Asp 5 of 2013).

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This Act makes provision and amends existing legislation for a reform of water resources development, management and protection in Scotland and provides for control of water abstraction and sewerage and duties of Scottish Water, the Scottish Ministers and the Water Industry Commission.
Title
Water Resources (Scotland) Act 2013 (Asp 5 of 2013).
Country
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Type of document
Legislation
Date of text
2013
Data source
FAO, FAOLEX
Title abbreviation
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the development of Scotland’s water resources; to bring large-scale water abstraction under Ministerial control; to extend Scottish Water’s functions and to authorise grants and loans in favour of re
Glossary term(s)
payment for ecosystem service
ecosystem management
ecosystem service
ecosystem preservation
ecosystem approach
jurisprudence
national law
institution building
environmental standard
ECOLEX region
Europe
European Union Countries
Northern Europe
ECOLEX URL
ECOLEX URL
ECOLEX
Attached files
PDF icon http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/pdf/uk126702.pdf
Link to full text
http://www.opsi.gov.uk
Amends
Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (Asp 3 of 2005).