{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sewerage-scotland-act-1968/section-41",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sewerage-scotland-act-1968/section-41.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/47",
  "legislation_title": "Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sewerage-scotland-act-1968",
  "path": "section/41",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "41",
  "heading": "Breaking open of streets, etc.",
  "text": "Subject to the provisions of the Part IV of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, Scottish Water or any other person may, for the purpose of taking any action or executing work authorised or required by this Act in relation to sewers , SUD systems , drains or sewage treatment works, break open any road, any bridge carrying a road, and any cellar , vault, sewer, drain or tunnel in or under a road, and may remove and use the soil or other materials in or under any such road:\nProvided that Scottish Water or, as the case may be, that person shall, in the exercise of the powers conferred by this section, cause as little inconvenience and do as little damage as may be, and for any damage done shall pay compensation to be determined, in case of dispute, by the sheriff summarily, whose decision in the matter shall be final.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 41 substituted (1.1.1993) by New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22, SIF 59, 108), s. 168(1), Sch. 8, Part IV para. 103(2); S.I. 1992/2990, art. 2(2), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 41 substituted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71, Sch. 5 para. 36(a) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 41 inserted (30.11.2007) by Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 3), s. 38(1), Sch. 3 para. 19; S.S.I. 2007/512, art. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words substituted by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 64(4)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words substituted by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 64(4)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words substituted by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 64(4)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 41 substituted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71, Sch. 5 para. 36(b) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 41 applied with modifications (1.4.1992) by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), s. 45(10); S.I. 1992/266, art. 3."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/47/section/41",
    "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."
}