{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-etc-scotland-act-1994/section-65",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-etc-scotland-act-1994/section-65.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1994/39",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-etc-scotland-act-1994",
  "path": "section/65",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "65",
  "heading": "General duties of Secretary of State and of new authorities.",
  "text": "(1) For section 1 of the 1980 Act (which imposes on the Secretary of State certain duties as respects water conservation and supply) there shall be substituted—\n“ General duties of Secretary of State and of water authorities.\n1 It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State and of the water authorities when exercising their respective functions or powers under or by virtue of this Act—\n(a) to promote the conservation and effective use of the water resources of, and the provision of adequate water supplies throughout, Scotland; and\n(b) to secure the collection, preparation, publication and dissemination of information and statistics relating to such resources and supplies.”.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 65(2) repealed (1.4.2002) by 2002 asp 3, s. 71, Sch. 7 para. 23(b) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 65 wholly in force at 1.4.1996; s. 65 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 184(2); s. 65(2) in force at 17.7.1995 by S.I. 1995/1898, art. 2(a), Sch.; s. 65(1) in force at 1.4.1996 by S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(a), Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/39/section/65",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:34.733196+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}