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Skip to main contentSkip to navigationlegislation.gov.ukThe National ArchivesHelpSite MapAccessibilityContact UsCymraegHomeAbout UsBrowse LegislationNew LegislationChanges To LegislationSearch LegislationSearch LegislationTitle: (or keywords in the title)Year:Number:Type:All Legislation (excluding draft)All Primary Legislation UK Public General Acts UK Local Acts Acts of the Scottish Parliament Acts of the National Assembly for Wales Measures of the National Assembly for Wales Church Measures Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly Acts of the Old Scottish Parliament Acts of the English Parliament Acts of the Old Irish Parliament Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain Northern Ireland Orders in Council Measures of the Northern Ireland Assembly Acts of the Northern Ireland ParliamentAll Secondary Legislation UK Statutory Instruments Wales Statutory Instruments Scottish Statutory Instruments Northern Ireland Statutory Rules Church Instruments UK Ministerial Orders UK Statutory Rules and OrdersAll Draft Legislation UK Draft Statutory Instruments Scottish Draft Statutory Instruments Northern Ireland Draft Statutory RulesAll Impact Assessments UK Impact AssessmentsSearchAdvanced SearchWater Industry (Scotland) Act 2002You are here:2002 asp 3Whole Act without SchedulesTable of ContentsContentExplanatory NotesMore ResourcesPrevious: IntroductionNext: SchedulePlain ViewPrint OptionsWhat VersionLatest available (Revised)Original (As enacted)Advanced FeaturesShow Explanatory Notes for Sections Opening OptionsOpen whole ActOpen Act without schedulesOpen Schedules onlyMore ResourcesOriginal Print PDFView moreStatus:This is the original version (as it was originally enacted).Part 1Water Industry Commissioner and Customer Panels1Water Industry Commissioner for Scotland(1)There is to continue to be a Water Industry Commissioner for Scotland (referred to in this Act as the “Commissioner”).
2Water Customer Consultation Panels(1)The Scottish Ministers shall by order establish panels of individuals to be known as Water Customer Consultation Panels (each referred to in this Part as a “Customer Panel”).
3Functions of the Commissioner(1)The Commissioner must investigate any complaint made to the Commissioner or a Customer Panel by a current, potential or former customer of Scottish Water as respects any of its core functions.
4Power of the Commissioner to require information(1)Scottish Water must, on being requested to do so by the Commissioner, provide the Commissioner with such information held by it as the Commissioner may reasonably seek in the exercise of the Commissioner’s functions.
5Annual reports by, and information from, the Commissioner(1)The Commissioner must—
6Funding of the Commissioner(1)The Scottish Ministers may make grants to the Commissioner in respect of the Commissioner’s expenses.
Part 2Drinking Water Quality RegulatorAppointment7Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland(1)The Scottish Ministers may appoint a person to be known as the Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland (in this Part referred to as the “Regulator”) to exercise the functions conferred on the Regulator by this Part.
Public water suppliers: general powers of Regulator8Power to obtain information(1)The Regulator may serve on a person a notice requiring the person—
9Powers of entry, inspection etc.(1)For the purpose of establishing whether any drinking water quality duty to which a public water supplier is subject has been, is being or is likely to be complied with, the Regulator may exercise the powers specified in subsection (2).
Enforcement of duties of public water suppliers10Enforcement notices(1)Where the Regulator reasonably believes (whether or not following the exercise of the Regulator’s powers under section 9)—
11Enforcement notices: further provisions(1)The Regulator must—
12Failure to comply with enforcement notices(1)This section applies where, in relation to an enforcement notice, a public water supplier—
13Emergencies(1)Where the Regulator reasonably believes—
14Variation and withdrawal of notices(1)The Regulator may—
15Register of enforcement notices and emergency notices(1)The Regulator must keep a register of enforcement notices and emergency notices.
Supervision of local authority enforcement16Power to require information from local authorities(1)A local authority must, on being requested to do so by the Regulator, provide the Regulator with such information held by it as the Regulator may reasonably seek in relation to the enforcement by the local authority of the drinking water quality duties which it is the authority’s responsibility to enforce.
Supplementary17Annual reportsThe Regulator must, as soon as practicable after the end of each calendar year, submit to the Scottish Ministers, and publish, a report on the exercise of the Regulator’s functions during that year.
18Powers of entry etc.: further provision(1)Schedule 2 makes further provision about the exercise of powers of entry etc. conferred by sections 9(1), 12(2)(a) and 13(3)(a).
19Interpretation of Part 2In this Part—
Part 3Scottish WaterEstablishment20Scottish Water(1)There is established a body corporate to be known as Scottish Water, with the functions conferred on it by or under this Act and any other enactment.
21Transfer of functions from new water and sewerage authoritiesThe functions of each of the new water and sewerage authorities are transferred to Scottish Water.
22Transfer of property and liabilities(1)The property and liabilities to which the new water and sewerage authorities are entitled or subject are transferred to Scottish Water.
23Transfer of staffThe Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 (S.I.1981/1794) apply to the transfer of functions by section 21, whether or not they would so apply apart from this section.
24Dissolution of new water and sewerage authorities etc.(1)The new water and sewerage authorities are dissolved on such date as the Scottish Ministers may by order specify.
General powers25General powers(1)Scottish Water may engage in any activity (whether in Scotland or elsewhere) which it considers is not inconsistent with the economic, efficient and effective exercise of its core functions (within the meaning of section 70(2)).
(a)form or promote (whether alone or with others) companies (within the meaning of the Companies Act 1985 (c. 6)),
Codes of practice26Customer standards code(1)In relation to services provided in the exercise of its core functions, Scottish Water must prepare and submit to the Commissioner a code of practice (a “customer standards code”) making provision—
27Approval of customer standards code(1)The Commissioner may, after consulting each Water Customer Consultation Panel, approve a customer standards code submitted under section 26(1) or (3)—
28Consultation code(1)Scottish Water must prepare and submit to the Scottish Ministers a code of practice (a “consultation code”) making provision as to the consultation which it will carry out in relation to—
Charges29Charges for goods and services(1)Scottish Water may fix, demand and recover charges for any goods supplied or services provided by it.
30Maximum charges for services provided with help of Scottish Water(1)The Scottish Ministers may by order fix maximum charges which a person other than Scottish Water may recover from another such person in respect of the supply of water to, the provision of sewerage to, or the disposal of sewage for that other person with the help of services provided by Scottish Water.
31Charges schemes(1)Scottish Water must, in accordance with this section, make a scheme (referred to in this Act as a “charges scheme”) which fixes the charges to be paid for services provided by it in the exercise of its core functions and which may also make provision with respect to the times and methods of payment of the charges fixed by the scheme.
32Approval of charges schemes(1)Scottish Water must send a charges scheme made by it under section 31 to the Commissioner.
33Commissioner’s advice on charges(1)The Commissioner must, when required by the Scottish Ministers, advise them on the matters to be taken into, or left out of, account by Scottish Water in fixing charges in charges schemes.
34Publication of summary of charges schemeWhen a charges scheme is approved in accordance with section 32, Scottish Water must—
35Liability of occupiers etc. for charges(1)Supplies of water provided by Scottish Water to any premises and the provision and maintenance by Scottish Water of communication pipes and supply pipes for the purposes of such supplies are to be treated for the purposes of this Act as services provided to the occupier for the time being of those premises.
(c)a day which is a bank holiday in Scotland under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (c. 80),
36Section 35: meaning of “occupier”(1)In the application of section 35 to services which are the subject of a determination under section 37(1)(a), references in section 35(1) and (2) to the occupier of premises are references to the person—
(a)who is liable under or by virtue of sections 75 to 77 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14) to pay council tax (within the meaning of section 70(1) of that Act) in respect of the premises, or
37Collection of charges by local authority(1)The Scottish Ministers may by order determine—
(5)In this section and section 38, “dwelling” has the same meaning as in Part II of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14).
38Suspension of collection of charges by local authority(1)This section applies in relation to any dwellings to which Scottish Water provides services which are the subject of a determination under section 37(1)(a).
39Primacy of duty to maintain domestic water supply etc.Sections 29(1) and 37 are without prejudice to—
40Reduced charges(1)The Scottish Ministers may by regulations provide that a person who—
Finances41Duties and powers relating to finance(1)Scottish Water must exercise its functions so as to secure that, taking one year with another, its income is not less than sufficient to meet its expenditure.
42Financing and borrowing(1)The Scottish Ministers may pay to Scottish Water grants of such amounts as they may determine—
43Guarantees(1)The Scottish Ministers may guarantee, in such manner and on such conditions as they think fit, the discharge of any financial obligation in connection with any sums borrowed by Scottish Water or any subsidiary of Scottish Water.
(4)In subsection (1), “subsidiary” is to be construed in accordance with section 736 of the Companies Act 1985 (c. 6).
44Directions as to payment and investment(1)The Scottish Ministers may, after consulting Scottish Water, direct it to pay to them, on a date specified in the direction, a sum specified in, or calculated in accordance with, the direction, being a sum not required for the exercise of its functions.
45Accounts and audit(1)Scottish Water must—
Land transactions46Acquisition of land by agreement(1)Scottish Water may under this subsection—
(3)In relation to any such acquisition of land, the Lands Clauses Acts (except in so far as they relate to acquisition other than by agreement and to access to the special Act and except sections 120 to 125 of the Lands Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845 (c. 19)), and—
sections 6 and 70 to 78 of the Railways Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845 (c. 33) (as originally enacted and not as amended by section 15 of the Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Act 1923 (c. 20)), and
47Compulsory acquisition of land(1)Scottish Water may—
(3)Scottish Water is, in respect of all of its core functions, a statutory undertaker for the purposes of section 120(1)(b) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65) (persons to whose compulsory acquisition of an interest in land the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 (c. 42) in certain circumstances applies).
48Disposal of land(1)Scottish Water may dispose of land held by it in any manner, to whomsoever and for whatever purpose it wishes.
General duties49Interests of customersThe Scottish Ministers, when exercising their functions under or by virtue of this Act, the 1968 Act or the 1980 Act and Scottish Water, when exercising its functions, must have regard to the interests of every person who is a customer or potential customer of Scottish Water and especially of such of those persons as—
50Economy, efficiency and effectivenessScottish Water must, in exercising its functions, seek to ensure that its resources are used economically, efficiently and effectively.
51Sustainable development(1)Scottish Water must, in exercising its functions, act in the way best calculated to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development.
52Public access to land held by Scottish Water(1)The Scottish Ministers, in exercising their functions under or by virtue of this Act, the 1968 Act or the 1980 Act and Scottish Water, in exercising its functions, must have regard to the desirability of preserving for the public any freedom of access (including access for recreational purposes) to land held by Scottish Water.
53Environmental matters(1)The Scottish Ministers, in exercising their functions under or by virtue of this Act, the 1968 Act or the 1980 Act and Scottish Water, in exercising its functions, must have regard to the matters specified in subsection (2).
54Protection of natural heritage(1)Scottish Natural Heritage (“SNH”) must by notice in writing notify Scottish Water of any area of land in Scotland which is a protected area.
(a)it has been designated under section 6(2) of the Natural Heritage (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 28) (“the 1991 Act”) as a Natural Heritage Area,
(b)it is an area in respect of which notification has been given by SNH under section 28(1) (areas of special scientific interest) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69), or
(c)it is a European site within the meaning of Regulation 10 of the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994 (S.I.1994/2716).
55Consultation with Health Boards(1)Where it appears to Scottish Water that (whether or not as a result of any act or omission by it) services provided by it in the exercise of its core functions give rise to, or are likely to give rise to, a significant risk to public health in relation to the area of any Health Board, Scottish Water must—
Miscellaneous56Directions(1)The Scottish Ministers must give Scottish Water directions—
57Information and reports(1)Scottish Water must provide the Scottish Ministers with such information relating to the exercise of its functions as they may require.
58Records(1)This section applies to all records (in whatever form or medium)—
59Validity of actingsThe validity of any actings of Scottish Water is not affected by any failure to comply with a duty imposed on it under or by virtue of this Part.
60Private legislation(1)Scottish Water may, if it thinks fit—
61Supply of goods and services to and by local authoritiesThe Local Authorities (Goods and Services) Act 1970 (c. 39) has effect as if Scottish Water were both a local authority and a public body for the purposes of that Act.
62Information from local authorities and assessors(1)The Scottish Ministers may by regulations require a local authority or an assessor to provide Scottish Water with relevant information in such form as the regulations may specify.
(i)setting, levying or collecting council tax or council water charges (within the meaning of Part II of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14)) or the non-domestic water rate or non-domestic sewerage rate (as defined in paragraphs (c) and (d) of section 99(2) of that Act before the repeal of those paragraphs by the 1994 Act), or
(ii)levying or collecting the non-domestic rate (as for the time being defined in section 37(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 30), or
Part 4Miscellaneous and generalMiscellaneous63Register of trade effluents: confidential informationAfter section 37B of the 1968 Act insert—
“37CExclusion from register of commercially confidential information(1)Despite subsection (2) of section 37A of this Act, Scottish Water shall not enter in the register maintained under that section information relating to the affairs of any individual or business if—
64Works in connection with meteringAfter section 24A of the 1980 Act insert—
“24BWorks in connection with metering(1)This section applies where, in relation to any premises (“the premises concerned”), the conditions specified in subsection (2) are satisfied.
65Contravention of water byelaws: penalties and proceedings(1)Section 72 (general provisions as to byelaws) of the 1980 Act is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (3) (maximum level of penalty), for “level 4” substitute “level 5”.
(3C)Subsection (3) of section 136 (time limit for certain offences) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 46) applies for the purposes of this section as it applies for the purposes of that section.
General66Offences by bodies corporate and partnerships(1)Where an offence under this Act which has been committed by a body corporate is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of—
67Crown application(1)This Act binds the Crown, but nothing in this section is to be taken as in any way affecting Her Majesty in her private capacity.
68Orders and regulations(1)Any power of the Scottish Ministers to make orders or regulations under this Act is exercisable by statutory instrument.
69Ancillary provisionThe Scottish Ministers may by order make such incidental, supplemental, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision as they consider necessary or expedient for the purposes or in consequence of this Act.
70Interpretation(1)In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“the 1968 Act” means the Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 47),
“the 1980 Act” means the Water (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 45),
“the 1994 Act” means the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39),
71Modification of enactments(1)Schedules 5 and 6 make modifications of, respectively, the 1968 Act and the 1980 Act.
72Commencement and short title(1)The provisions of this Act, other than this section and sections 66 to 70, come into force on such day as the Scottish Ministers may by order appoint.
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