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This Order may be cited as the Controlled Waters (Lochs and Ponds) (Scotland) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 1st May 1990.
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(1) A reservoir to which this article applies shall be treated for the purposes of Part II of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 as a relevant loch or pond.
(2) This article applies to a reservoir–
(a) which does not discharge into a relevant river or watercourse or into a relevant loch or pond; and
(b) which does not contain water treated with a view to complying with regulation 23 of the Water Supply (Water Quality) (Scotland) Regulations 1990.
James Douglas-Hamilton
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
St. Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
23rd January 1990