Water (Scotland) Act 1967 (repealed 1.4.1996)

Water (Scotland) Act 1967

1967 CHAPTER 78

An Act to provide for the establishment of regional water boards and a Central Scotland Water Development Board, and the transfer to those boards of functions in relation to water supply in Scotland previously exercisable by local water authorities, to confer on the Central Scotland Water Development Board functions in relation to the bulk supply of water to their constituent regional water boards, to enable other regional water boards and water development boards to be established by order of the Secretary of State, to amend the Water (Scotland) Acts 1946 and 1949; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.

[27th July 1967]

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 The text of this Act stands unchanged between 1.2.1991 and 1.12.1991

C2 Whole Act except s. 4(3), Sch. 2 paras. 14, 17, 18 repealed by Water (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 45), Sch. 11

Part I S Regional Water Boards and Water Development Boards

1—3 F1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S

Textual Amendments

F1 Whole Act except s. 4(3), Sch. 2 paras. 14, 17, 18 repealed by Water (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 45), Sch. 11

4 Transfer to Central Board of functions of certain joint water boards, and other functions of the Board. S

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(3) For the purposes of this section the provisions of Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect for adapting statutory provisions as mentioned in that Schedule.

Textual Amendments

F2 Whole Act except s. 4(3), Sch. 2 paras. 14, 17, 18 repealed by Water (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 45), Sch. 11

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Textual Amendments

F3 Whole Act except s. 4(3), Sch. 2 paras. 14, 17, 18 repealed by Water (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 45), Sch. 11

Parts II, III S

10—24. F4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S

Textual Amendments

F4 Whole Act except s. 4(3), Sch. 2 paras. 14, 17, 18 repealed by Water (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 45), Sch. 11

Part IV S Miscellaneous and Supplementary Provisions

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Textual Amendments

F5 Whole Act except s. 4(3), Sch. 2 paras. 14, 17, 18 repealed by Water (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 45), Sch. 11

[F6 36 Short title and extent. S

(1) This Act may be cited as the Water (Scotland) Act 1967, . . . F6 ]

Textual Amendments

F6 Whole Act except s. 4(3), Sch. 2 paras. 14, 17, 18 repealed by Water (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 45), Sch. 11

SCHEDULES

F7 F7 SCHEDULE 1 S

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Textual Amendments

F7 Whole Act except s. 4(3), Sch. 2 paras. 14, 17, 18 repealed by Water (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 45), Sch. 11

Sections 2 and 4.

SCHEDULE 2 S Adaptation of Statutory Provisions and Enactments in consequence of Transfer of Functions

Parts I, II S

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1.—4.

Textual Amendments

F8 Whole Act except s. 4(3), Sch. 2 paras. 14, 17, 18 repealed by Water (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 45), Sch. 11

Part III S

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5.—13.

Textual Amendments

F9 Whole Act except s. 4(3), Sch. 2 paras. 14, 17, 18 repealed by Water (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 45), Sch. 11

Specific Adaptations of Other Enactments S

14 In the M1 Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Act 1944, local authorities, for the purposes of section 1, shall, in relation to sewerage or the disposal of sewage, be those specified in subsection (6) of that section, as read with section 7, and in relation to the provision of a water supply, shall be the [F10 water authorities].

Textual Amendments

F10 Words substituted (16.5.1975) by virtue of Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c.65), Sch. 17 para. 1

Marginal Citations

M1 1944 c. 26.

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15, 16.

Textual Amendments

F11 Whole Act except s. 4(3), Sch. 2 paras. 14, 17, 18 repealed by Water (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 45), Sch. 11

17 In the M2 Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966, any reference to a water undertaking or a local water authority or their limits of supply shall include a reference to a water development board or their area, and water supplied by such a board in bulk shall, for the purposes of Schedule 2 to that Act, be deemed to be supplied for distribution or use outside the area of that board.

Marginal Citations

M2 1966 c. 51.

18 For the purposes of Part II of Schedule 2 to the said Act of 1966, any transfer, in whole or in part, under the Water (Scotland) Acts 1946 to 1967, of the undertaking of a local water authority, or of a regional water board or of a water development board to such a board shall be deemed to be an amalgamation of water undertakings.

F12 F12 SCHEDULES 3—6 S

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Textual Amendments

F12 Whole Act except s. 4(3), Sch. 2 paras. 14, 17, 18 repealed by Water (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 45), Sch. 11