(1)A local authority may if they think fit give assistance in respect of the provision of a separate service pipe for a house in their district which has a piped supply of water from a water main, but no separate service pipe.
(2)Subject to this section, the assistance shall be by way of making a grant in respect of all or any part of the expenses incurred in the provision of the separate service pipe.
(3)The reference to expenses in subsection (2) includes, in a case where all or any part of the works required for the provision of the separate service pipe are carried out by [F1Scottish Water] (whether in exercise of default powers or in any other case), a reference to sums payable by the owner of the house, or any other person, to [F1Scottish Water] for carrying out the works.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 233(3) substituted (1.4.2002) by 2002 asp 3, s. 71, Sch. 7 para 18(4) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2(3) (with savings in art. 3)