{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sewerage-scotland-act-1968/section-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sewerage-scotland-act-1968/section-23.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/47",
  "legislation_title": "Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sewerage-scotland-act-1968",
  "path": "section/23",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Restriction on working minerals.",
  "text": "Sections 71 to 78 of the Railways Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845 (which restrict the working of minerals, subject to the payment of compensation), as originally enacted and not as amended for certain purposes by section 15 of the Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Act 1923, shall apply in relation to\n(a) any public sewers, public sewage treatment works , public SUD systems or public drains; and\n(b) any sewers, sewage treatment works , SUD systems or drains not vested in Scottish Water but forming (or forming part of) any such system as is mentioned in section 46(1)(b)(ii) of the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3) ,\nto which they do not already apply, with the substitution—\n(i) for references to the railway, of references to the sewers, works , SUD systems or drains; and\n(ii) for references to the company, of references to Scottish Water , or as the case may be to the person other than Scottish Water , in whom the sewers, works , SUD systems or drains are vested.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 23(a)(b)(i)(ii) substituted (for subparas. (a), (b) and words)(4.1.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 75(20); S.I. 1994/2850, art. 3(c)(vi) (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 23(a) inserted (30.11.2007) by Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 3), s. 38(1), Sch. 3 para. 17(a); S.S.I. 2007/512, art. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 23(b),(b)(i)(ii) inserted (30.11.2007) by Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 3), s. 38(1), Sch. 3 para. 17(b); S.S.I. 2007/512, art. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 23 substituted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71, Sch. 5 para. 2 (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 23 substituted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71, Sch. 5 para. 25 (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 23 substituted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71, Sch. 5 para. 3 (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1845 c. 33."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1923 c. 20."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 23: power to modify conferred (temp. from 4.1.1995 to 1.4.1996) by 1994 C. 39, S. 182(2); S.I. 1994/2850, art. 3(a), Sch. 2 (with art. 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/47/section/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:53:46.387476+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."
}