{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sewerage-scotland-act-1968/section-39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sewerage-scotland-act-1968/section-39.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/47",
  "legislation_title": "Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sewerage-scotland-act-1968",
  "path": "section/39",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Local authority to have right to sewage.",
  "text": "Scottish Water shall have right to all sewage discharged into its sewers , SUD systems or sewage treatment works and to the contents of any septic tank emptied by it under section 10(1) above and may process, sell or otherwise dispose of such sewage or contents.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 39 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": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 39 substituted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71, Sch. 5 para. 35(a) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 39 inserted (30.11.2007) by Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 3), s. 38(1), Sch. 3 para. 18; S.S.I. 2007/512, art. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 39 substituted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71, Sch. 5 para. 35(b) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/47/section/39",
    "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."
}