Part 4Flood risk management: local authority functions
General power
I158Limits of general power: statutory undertakings
1
A local authority may not exercise the power under section 56 in a way which—
a
damages any works or property belonging to a statutory undertaker, or
b
interferes with the carrying on of its statutory undertaking,
unless the undertaker consents.
2
But consent is not required if it is withheld unreasonably.
3
It is for the Scottish Ministers to determine any question which arises as to whether consent has been withheld unreasonably, and their decision is final.