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(1)In section 68 (agreements as to drainage) of the 1980 Act, in subsection (1), for the words “collecting, conveying, or preserving the purity of,” there is substituted “collecting or conveying”.
(2)After section 68 of the 1980 Act there is inserted—
(1)With respect to the matters mentioned in subsection (2), Scottish Water may enter into agreements with—
(a)the owners and occupiers of any land (in so far as their interest enables them to bind it), or
(b)a local authority.
(2)The matters are—
(a)the carrying out by a party to the agreement of such activities as Scottish Water considers necessary for the purpose of protecting or improving the quality of any raw water,
(b)the refraining by a party to the agreement from such activities as Scottish Water considers detrimental to the purpose of protecting or improving the quality of any raw water.
(3)In subsection (2), the references to protecting or improving the quality of water include—
(a)preventing any deterioration in the quality of the water,
(b)reducing or eliminating the amount of any treatment that the water requires in order to be wholesome.
(4)Section 68(2) applies to an agreement under this section as it applies to an agreement to which that section relates (if the agreement under this section is with the owners of the land).
(5)In this section, “raw water” has the same meaning as in section 76M.”.
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