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(1) This Order may be cited as the Water Environment (Drinking Water Protected Areas) (Scotland) Order 2013 and comes into force on 11th March 2013.
(2) In this Order any reference to a section is a reference to that section in the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003.
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(1) The bodies of surface water identified in maps 1 to 11 and the bodies of groundwater identified in maps 12 to 22 are for the purposes of section 6(1), those bodies of water in the Scotland River Basin District which are—
(a) used for the abstraction of water intended for human consumption and either—
(i) provide more than 10 cubic metres of such water per day; or
(ii) serve more than 50 persons; or
(b) are intended to be used as mentioned in sub-paragraph (a).
(2) The maps referred to in paragraph (1) are the maps prepared for the purposes of this Order and laid before the Scottish Parliament in accordance with section 6(2).
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The Water Environment (Drinking Water Protected Areas) (Scotland) Order 2007 is revoked.
PAUL WHEELHOUSE
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
30th January 2013