{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-clauses-consolidation-scotland-act-1845/section-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-clauses-consolidation-scotland-act-1845/section-23.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/8-9/33",
  "legislation_title": "Railways Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-clauses-consolidation-scotland-act-1845",
  "path": "section/23",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Penalty for obstructing supply of gas or water.",
  "text": "If by any such operations as foresaid the company shall interrupt the supply of water or gas, they shall forfeit twenty pounds for every day that such supply shall be so interrupted; and such penalty shall be appropriated to that fund of the local authority or water board to which their revenues in respect of water are appropriated or, in the case of an interruption of a supply of gas, shall be paid to the Area Gas Board.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by S.I. 1952/1334 (1952 II, p. 2029), art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 23 incorporated (21.5.1992) by S.I. 1992/1267,art. 4(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 23 incorporated (28.12.2012) by The Banchory and Crathes Light Railway Order 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/345), arts. 1, 5(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Functions of regional water boards now exercisable by water authorities: Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 148"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/8-9/33/section/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:34:08.872763+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."
}