Delivering Scotland's river basin management plans: consultation

1. Purpose

This consultation invites stakeholders to respond to proposed changes to The Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (" CAR").

There are 4 key elements to this consultation:

• proposed points of clarification and consolidation to the general binding rules in Schedule 3 of CAR;
• proposed new general binding rule regarding bank reinforcement;
• proposed integration of the Water Environment (Oil Storage) (Scotland) Regulations 2006 into CAR as general binding rules;
• proposed minor amendments in the interests of clarity.

We welcome your views on the proposed changes to schedule 3 of the Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011, as outlined in sections 4-8 of this consultation, and to the various proposed amendments in the interests of clarity set out in section 9.