10 Compensation for damage resulting from exercise of powers.S
(1)Subject to the provisions of this section, a [F1local authority] or [F2Scottish Water] F3 . . . shall make full compensation to any person who has sustained damage by reason of the exercise by them [F4or it] of any of their [F5or its] powers under this Act in relation to a matter as to which he has not himself been in default.
[F6(1A)The escape of water, however caused, F7 . . . from one of [F8Scottish Water’s] F7 . . . communication [F9or supply] pipes or mains shall for the purposes of subsection (1) above be taken to have been brought about by the exercise by [F10it] of powers under this Act.]
(2)Any question arising under this section as to the fact of damage or as to the amount of compensation shall, in case of dispute, be determined by arbitration.
(3)A claim for compensation under this section shall not be maintainable unless it is made within [F1124] months after the date on which it is alleged to have arisen.
(4)The provisions of this section shall be without prejudice to any other provisions in this Act relating to compensation.
[F12(5)Without prejudice to any right to compensation other than under subsection (1) above, in that subsection “person” does not, as regards compensation payable under that subsection by virtue of subsection (1A) above, include—
(a)statutory undertakers as defined in [F13section 214 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997];
[F14(b)roads authorities as defined in section 151(1) of the M1 Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;]
(c)bridge authorities [F15as defined in section 147 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991;]
[F16(d)road works authority as defined in section 108 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991;]
(e)persons on whom a right to compensation under section [F17141 of the said Act of 1991] is conferred.
F18(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 10(1) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 119(5)(a)(i); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)
F2Words in s. 10(1) substituted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71(1), Sch. 6 para. 7(a)(i) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2(3)
F3Words in s. 10(1) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1)(2), Sch. 13 para. 119(5)(a)(ii), Sch. 14; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)(d), Sch. 2
F4Words in s. 10(1) inserted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71(1), Sch. 6 para. 7(a)(ii) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2(3)
F5Words in s. 10(1) inserted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71(1), Sch. 6 para. 7(a)(iii) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2(3)
F6S. 10(1A) inserted by Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 43, SIF 81:2), s. 57(a)
F7Words in s. 10(1A) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1)(2), Sch. 13 para. 119(5)(b)(i), Sch. 14; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)(d), Sch. 2
F8Words in s. 10(1A) substituted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71(1), Sch. 6 para. 7(b)(i) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2(3)
F9Words in s. 10(1A) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 119(5)(b)(ii); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)
F10Word in s. 10(1A) substituted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71(1), Sch. 6 para. 7(b)(ii) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2(3)
F11Words in s. 10(3) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 119(5)(c); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)
F12S. 10(5)(6) inserted by Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 43, SIF 81:2), s. 57(b)
F13Words in s. 10(5)(a) substituted (27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 4, 6(2), Sch. 2 para. 30(1)
F14S. 10(5)(b) substituted by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 81(3)(a)
F15Words in s. 10(5)(c) substituted (1.1.1993) by New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22, SIF 59, 108), s. 168(1), Sch. 8 Pt. IV para. 108(2)(a); S.I. 1992/2990, art. 2(2), Sch. 2
F16S. 10(5)(d) substituted (1.1.1993) by virtue of New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22, SIF 59, 108), s. 168(1), Sch. 8, Pt. IV, para. 108(2)(b); S.I. 1992/2990, art. 2(2), Sch. 2
F17Words in s. 10(5)(e) substituted (4.1.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 119(5)(d); S.I. 1994/2850, art. 3
F18S. 10(6) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1)(2), Sch. 13 para. 119(5)(e), Sch. 14; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)(d), Sch. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 10 modified (1.1.2015) by The Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/364), regs. 1(1), 45 (with reg. 1(3)(4))
Marginal Citations
M11984 c. 54 (59, 108).