# Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968, Section 16A: Vesting of certain private sewers.

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(1) Subject to any agreement entered into under subsection (2) below, there shall vest in a person authorised, under subsection (1) of section 3A of this Act, by Scottish Water to construct a sewer not connecting with its sewers or sewage treatment works the sewer constructed; and any sewer vested in a person by this subsection and any sewer or SUD system vested in a person by a determination under subsection (2) of that section shall be his property and he solely responsible for its management, maintenance and renewal.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) above, Scottish Water may, on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit, at any time enter into an agreement under which the sewer or SUD system , or any part of it, shall vest in it .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/47/section/16A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sewerage-scotland-act-1968/section-16A
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