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Part 1 Water Industry Commissioner and the representation of consumers
Part 2 Drinking Water Quality Regulator
Part 4 Miscellaneous and general
Water Industry Commission for Scotland
Water Industry Commissioner and Customer Panels: further provision
Drinking Water Quality Regulator: further provision as to powers of entry etc.
Modifications of Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968
1.The Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968 (c.47) is amended as follows....
2.In each of the following provisions, for “a sewerage authority”...
3.In each of the following provisions, for “the sewerage authority”...
4.In each of the following provisions, for “the authority” wherever...
5.In section 1 (duty of sewerage authority to provide for...
6.In section 2 (maintenance of public sewers and other works)—...
7.In section 3 (construction etc. of public sewers and public...
8.In section 3A (authorisation of construction of certain private sewers)—...
10.Section 6(functions outwith area of a sewerage authority) is repealed....
11.In section 7 (agreements between roads and sewerage authorities)—
12.In section 8 (agreements as to provision of sewers etc....
13.In section 9 (loan of temporary sanitary conveniences), for—
16.In section 12 (rights of owners and occupiers to connect...
17.Section 13(rights of owners and occupiers to connect with and...
18.In section 14 (direction by sewerage authority as to manner...
22.In section 17 (sewerage authority may take over private sewage...
23.In section 20 (compensation for loss etc. resulting from exercise...
24.In section 21(1) (buildings not to interfere with sewers), for...
25.In section 23 (restriction on working minerals), for “section 98(1)(b)...
26.In section 27 (procedure on application for consent to new...
27.In section 28 (time to dispose of application), for “them”...
28.In section 29 (decision on application)— (a) in subsection (1)—...
29.In section 30(1) (intimation of decision)— (a) for “their” substitute...
30.In section 32 (review of consents, conditions and refusals)—
31.In section 36 (review of continuation of existing discharge)—
35.In section 39 (sewerage authority to have right to sewage)—...
37.In section 42(1) (execution of works by sewerage authorities for...
38.In section 44 (power of sewerage authorities to require information...
39.In section 48(1) (powers of entry)— (a) in paragraph (d),...
40.In section 55(2) (application of Act to Crown), for the...
41.In section 59(interpretation)— (a) for the definition of “area” substitute—...
Modifications of Water (Scotland) Act 1980
1.The Water (Scotland) Act 1980 (c.45) is amended as follows....
2.In section 1 (general duties of Scottish Ministers and of...
4.In section 8 (water supplied for domestic purposes to be...
5.(1) Section 9 (supply of water for non-domestic purposes) is...
7.In section 10 (compensation for damage resulting from exercise of...
8.(1) Section 11 (power of Scottish Ministers on default of...
9.Section 12(supply of water to premises outwith limits of supply)...
11.In section 13A (supply of water for use outwith Scotland)—...
12.In section 14 (power of water authority to give guarantee...
14.(1) Section 17 (acquisition of water rights) is amended as...
15.In section 18(1) (compulsory acquisition of land for water works)—...
19.(1) Section 24A (keeping of map showing water mains etc.)...
20.In section 25(1) (power of authority to provide public wells)—...
22.In section 28 (water works code)— (a) in subsection (1),...
24.In section 31(1) (consultation with authorities in England)—
25.In section 32(1) (power of water undertakers to supply water...
26.(1) Section 33 (temporary discharge of water into watercourses) is...
27.In section 34 (persons supplying water to supply to authority)—...
30.In section 38(1) (entry of premises)— (a) for “a water...
33.In section 51 (power to require supplies for refrigerating apparatus...
35.In section 53(1) (provision as to supply to tents, vans,...
37.(1) Section 55 (charges for water supplied by meter) is...
39.(1) Section 58 (termination of right to supply of water...
40.In section 59 (limitation of liability of water authority to...
41.In section 63 (provision of water supply for new buildings...
44.(1) Section 70 (byelaws for preventing misuse of water) is...
45.(1) Section 71 (byelaws for preventing pollution of water) is...
47.In section 73 (power of Scottish Ministers to require the...
48.(1) Section 76 (acquisition of land for protection of water)...
49.(1) Section 76A (duties of water authorities with respect to...
50.(1) Section 76B (regulations for preserving water quality) is amended...
51.In section 76C (offence of supplying water unfit for human...
52.In section 76D (provision of water where piped supplies insufficient...
54.In section 76F (general functions of local authorities in relation...
55.In section 76G(6)(a) (remedial powers of local authorities in relation...
56.In section 76H(5)(b) (effect, confirmation and variation of notice under...
57.In section 76I(2) (incidental powers of local authorities), for “a...
58.In section 76L (interpretation etc. of Part VIA), in the...
59.In section 100(2) (orders), for the words from “all” to...
61.In section 107 (repeal, amendment and adaptation of local enactments)—...
63.In section 110(2) (further provisions as to communication pipes etc.)—...
64.(1) Schedule 1 (procedure for making orders and making and...
65.In Schedule 2 (orders under section 17 authorising compulsory acquisition...
66.(1) Schedule 3 (provisions as to breaking open roads and...
67.In Schedule 10 (amendment of enactments), Part I is repealed....
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