The Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2007

Made15th November 2007

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 38(1) of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 20031.

Citation1

This Order may be cited as the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2007.

Appointed day2

30th November 2007 is the appointed day on which the following provisions of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 come into force–

a

section 33(1), so far as not already in force;

b

section 33(2); and

c

schedule 3.

MICHAEL RUSSELLAuthorised to sign by the Scottish MinistersSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh15th November 2007

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force further provisions of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (“the 2003 Act”) on 30th November 2007.

Article 2(a) commences, so far as not already in force, section 33(1) of the 2003 Act, which inserts a definition of “private SUD system” into section 59(1) of the Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 47). A “SUD system” means a sustainable urban drainage system as defined in section 59(1) of the 1968 Act.

Articles 2(b) and (c) commence section 33(2) of and schedule 3 to the 2003 Act. Schedule 3 makes further amendments to the 1968 Act and to the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3) in connection with SUD systems.

(This note is not part of the Order)

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.S.I.No.
Sections 1 to 7, 18, 20, 21, 26 and 28	15th December 2003	2003/562
Sections 8 to 11, 15 and 17	1st June 2005	2005/235
Section 25 and Schedules 1 and 2	20th May 2005	2005/256
Sections 29, 32 and 33(1) (partially)	6th March 2006	2006/55
Section 24(1) to (4)	31st March 2007	2007/50