WATER SUPPLY Citation and commencement 1 This Order may be cited as the Scottish Water (Loch Horn and Loch Lunndaidh) Water Order 2007 and shall come into force on 10th December 2007. Interpretation 2 In this Order– “ the Act ” means the Water (Scotland) Act 1980; “day” means a period of 24 hours reckoned from midnight; “deposited plan” means the plan, prepared in triplicate, docqueted and signed as relative to this Order and marked “The Scottish Water (Loch Horn & Loch Lunndaidh) Water Order 2007”, one copy of which is deposited in the office of the Scottish Ministers at Victoria Quay, Edinburgh; one in the head office of Scottish Water at Castle House, 6 Castle Drive, Carnegie Campus, Dunfermline, Fife; and one in the Scottish Water area office at 31 Henderson Drive, Longman North, Inverness; “gauge” includes a gauge, weir or other apparatus for measuring the flow of water; “Scottish Water” means the body corporate established by section 20(1) of the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 ; “undertaking” means the water undertaking for the time being of Scottish Water; and “works” means the works described in Schedule 1 to this Order and shown on the deposited plan. Incorporation and application of provisions of Schedule 4 to the Act 3 The provisions of paragraphs 10(3) and 10(4) (provisions as to compensation water) of Schedule 4 to the Act , modified and adapted to read as set out in Schedule 2 to this Order, shall apply to the undertaking insofar as affected by the provisions of this Order, and the terms used in the provisions of those paragraphs, as so modified and adapted, which are defined in this Order, shall have the same meaning as in this Order. Water rights 4 Subject to the provisions of this Order, Scottish Water may, for the purposes of the undertaking and by means of the intake structures shown on the deposited plan, located at Ordnance Survey National Grid References NC 8016 0558 and NC 7909 0053, take water from Loch Horn and Loch Lunndaidh in the area of the Highland Council. 5 1 During the construction of the works, Scottish Water may take from Loch Horn and Loch Lunndaidh, such water as it may require for such construction. 2 After completion of the works, in any day, Scottish Water– a i may take from Loch Horn, a quantity of water not greater than 1730 cubic metres, as measured and recorded by a flowmeter (Works No. 1); and ii shall ensure that not less than 240 cubic metres of water is discharged from Loch Horn into the Allt Burn, as regulated and measured by an existing v notch weir and gauging post located at Ordnance Survey National Grid Reference NC 8009 0554; and b i may take from Loch Lunndaidh, a quantity of water not greater than 1570 cubic metres, as measured and recorded by a flowmeter (Works No. 2); and ii shall ensure that not less than 690 cubic metres of water is discharged from Loch Lunndaidh into the Culmaily Burn, as regulated and measured by an existing v notch weir and gauging post located at Ordnance Survey National Grid reference NC 7928 0030. 6 If any power to take water conferred by this Order has not been exercised by 31st December 2008 the power shall cease. Revocation 7 The Sutherland County Council (Loch Horn) Water Order 1960 , the County Council of the County of Sutherland (Caen Burn) Water Order 1949 , the County Council of the County of Sutherland (Culgower Burn) Water Order 1950 are revoked with effect from 31st December 2008. R N IRVINE A member of the staff of the Scottish Executive Victoria Quay, Edinburgh 7th December 2007