The Private Water Supplies (Grants) (Scotland) Regulations 2006

Persons or premises in respect of which a grant is not payable

10.  A local authority shall not make a grant to or in respect of—

(a) any public body or office-holder (excluding a person who, or body which, only from time to time exercises functions of a public character);

(b) any person erecting or causing to be erected a building to which the provisions of section 63 of the 1980 Act(1) apply;

(c) premises which are the subject of—

(i) a closing order under section 114 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987(2);

(ii) a demolition order under section 115 of that Act; or

(iii) a dangerous building notice in terms of section 30 of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003(3);

(d) premises which comprise a dangerous building within the meaning of section 29 of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003;

(e) empty or unoccupied premises; or

(f) premises which do not meet the tolerable standard provided for in section 86 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987(4), except in so far as that tolerable standard is not met in relation to an adequate piped supply of wholesome water.

(1)

1980 c. 45. Section 63 was amended by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39), Schedule 13, paragraph 33 and Schedule 14; and the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), Schedule 6, paragraph 41.

(2)

1987 c. 26.

(3)

2003 asp8.

(4)

Section 86(1)(d) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 provides that a house meets the tolerable standard for the purposes of that Act if the house has an adequate piped supply of wholesome water available within the house.