PART VI INVESTIGATIONS, AUTHORISATION OF DEPARTURES AND REMEDIAL ACTION

Revocation and modification of authorisations24

1

Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Scottish Ministers may at any time modify or revoke an authorisation under regulation 20; and regulations 21 and 22 shall apply as respects a modification as they apply as respects an authorisation.

2

The Scottish Ministers shall not revoke or modify an authorisation under regulation 20 without giving at least six months’ notice in writing (or in electronic form) of their intention to do so to–

a

the water authority to which the authorisation relates;

b

every appropriate local authority;

c

every appropriate health board; and

d

the Water Industry Commissioner for Scotland,

but they may revoke or modify an authorisation without notice if it appears to them that immediate revocation or modification is required in the interests of public health.

3

A water authority on whose application a departure has been authorised under this Part shall notify the Scottish Ministers as soon as the circumstances which gave rise to the application cease to exist; and the Scottish Ministers shall thereupon revoke the authorisation without the need for prior notice.