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(1)For the purpose of any provision of this Act [F1, or of the [F2Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3)] ,] conferring power on [F3Scottish Water]F4 to acquire land for the purposes of [F5its] undertaking [F1or functions], there shall be deemed to be included among those purposes the purpose of protecting against pollution any water, whether on the surface or underground, which belongs to [F6Scottish Water]F4 or which [F7it is] for the time being authorised to take.
(2)[F8Scottish Water]F9 may on any land belonging to [F10it], or over or in which [F11it has] acquired the necessary servitudes or rights, construct or maintain drains, sewers, watercourses, catchpits and other works for intercepting, treating or disposing of any foul water arising or flowing upon that land, or for otherwise preventing water which belongs to [F12Scottish Water]F9or which [F13it is] for the time being authorised to take from being polluted:
Provided that—
(a)before constructing any such works [F12Scottish Water]F9 shall, if the proposed works will affect any watercourses in a fishery district or which is subject to the jurisdiction of a navigation authority, consult with the fishery district board or the navigation authority concerned;
(b)nothing in this subsection shall authorise [F14Scottish Water]F9 to intercept or take any water which a navigation authority or any public undertakers are authorised by any enactment to take or use for the purposes of their undertaking without the consent of that navigation authority or those public undertakers.
(3)[F15Where Scottish Water proposes] to construct any drain, sewer or water-course for the purposes mentioned in subsection (2) [F16it] may, with the consent of the [F17roads] authority concerned, which may be given subject to such conditions as the [F17roads] authority think fit, carry the drain, sewer or water-course under, across or along any [F18road]. . . F19, and such statutory provisions with respect to the breaking open of [F18roads] as are applicable to [F20Scottish Water]F19 shall, with any necessary modifications and adaptations, apply accordingly:
Provided that the consent of the [F17roads] authority shall not be required by virtue of this subsection for the carrying by [F21Scottish Water]F22 of any drain, sewer or water-course under any [F23public road] which is within the limits of supply of [F24Scottish Water]F22.
(4)A consent required for the purposes of subsection (2) or (3) shall not be unreasonably withheld nor shall any unreasonable conditions be attached to such a consent, and any question whether or not such a consent is unreasonably withheld or whether any condition which it is sought to impose is unreasonable shall in case of dispute be determined by arbitration.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 76(1) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 119(41)(a)(i)(iii); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)
F2Words in s. 76(1) substituted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71(1), Sch. 6 para. 48(2)(a) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2(3)
F3Words in s. 76(1) substituted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71(1), Sch. 6 para. 48(2)(b) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2(3)
F4Words in s. 76(1) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1)(2), Sch. 13 para. 119(41)(a)(ii), Sch. 14; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)(d), Sch. 2
F5Word in s. 76(1) substituted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71(1), Sch. 6 para. 48(2)(c) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2(3)
F6Words in s. 76(1) substituted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71(1), Sch. 6 para. 48(2)(d) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2(3)
F7Words in s. 76(1) substituted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71(1), Sch. 6 para. 48(2)(e) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2(3)
F8Words in s. 76(2) substituted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71(1), Sch. 6 para. 48(3)(a) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2(3)
F9Words in s. 76(2) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1)(2), SCh. 13 para. 119(41)(b), Sch. 14; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)(d), Sch. 2
F10Word in s. 76(2) substituted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71(1), Sch. 6 para. 48(3)(b) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2(3)
F11Words in s. 76(2) substituted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71(1), Sch. 6 para. 48(3)(c) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2(3)
F12Words in s. 76(2) substituted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71(1), Sch. 6 para. 48(3)(d) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2(3)
F13Words in s. 76(2) substituted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71(1), Sch. 6 para. 48(3)(e) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2(3)
F14Words in s. 76(2) substituted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71(1), Sch. 6 para. 48(3)(d) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2(3)
F15Words in s. 76(3) substituted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71(1), Sch. 6 para. 48(4)(a) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2(3)
F16Word in s. 76(3) inserted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71(1), Sch. 6 para. 48(4)(b) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2(3)
F17Word substituted by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 81(10)(a)
F18Word substituted by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 81(10)(b)
F19Words in s. 76(3) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1)(2), SCh. 13 para. 119(41)(c), Sch. 14; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)(d), Sch. 2
F20Words in s. 76(3) substituted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71(1), Sch. 6 para. 48(4)(d) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2(3)
F21Words in s. 76(3) substituted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71(1), Sch. 6 para. 48(4)(e) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2(3)
F22Words in the proviso to s. 76(3) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1)(2), Sch. 13 para. 119(41)(d), Sch. 14; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)(d), Sch. 2
F23Words substituted by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 81(10)(c)
F24Words in s. 76(3) substituted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71(1), Sch. 6 para. 48(4)(f) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2(3)
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