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Section 56: Interpretation etc. of Part II.

Control of Pollution Act 1974 · 1974 c. 40View on legislation.gov.uk

Part II: Pollution of water

Except where the context otherwise requires, in this Part of this Act—

  • "agriculture" and "agricultural" have the same meanings as in the Agriculture (Scotland) Act 1948;

  • "controlled waters" has the meaning given by section 30A(1) above;

  • "drain" has the same meaning as in the Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968;

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  • "sewer" has the same meaning as in the Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968;

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  • "underground strata" means strata subjacent to the surface of any land;

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  • "watercourse" includes all rivers, streams, ditches, drains, cuts, culverts, dykes, sluices, sewers, and passages through which water flows except mains and other pipes which belong to Scottish Water or are used by Scottish Water or any other person for the purposes only of providing a supply of water to any premises.

In this Part of this Act—

any reference to the waters of any loch or pond or of any river or watercourse includes a reference to the bottom, channel or bed of any loch, pond, river or, as the case may be, watercourse which is for the time being dry; and
any reference to water contained in underground strata is a reference to water so contained otherwise than in a sewer, pipe, reservoir, tank or other underground works constructed in any such strata.

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