{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sewerage-scotland-act-1968/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sewerage-scotland-act-1968/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/47",
  "legislation_title": "Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sewerage-scotland-act-1968",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Agreements between highway and local authorities.",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a roads authority and Scottish Water may agree, on such terms and conditions as may be specified in the agreement, as to the provision, management, maintenance or use of their sewers , SUD systems or drains for the conveyance of water from the surface of a road or surface water from premises.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) A roads authority or Scottish Water shall not unreasonably refuse to enter into an agreement for the purposes of this section or insist unreasonably upon terms or conditions unacceptable to the other party, ..., and any dispute arising under this section to which the Secretary of State is not a party as to whether or not a roads authority or Scottish Water are acting unreasonably, shall be referred to the Secretary of State, who, after consultation with the authority concerned and Scottish Water, shall determine the dispute, and his decision shall be final.\n(3A) In the foregoing provisions of this section, “ roads authority ” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 7(1) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 75(7)(a)(i); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 7(1) 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": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 7(1) inserted (30.11.2007) by Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 3), s. 38(1), Sch. 3 para. 7; S.S.I. 2007/512, art. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 7(1) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 75(7)(a)(iii); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 7(2) repealed (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71, Sch. 5 para. 11(a) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 7(3) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 75(7)(c)(i); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 7(3) 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": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 7(3) repealed (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71, Sch. 5 para. 11(b)(i) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 7(3) substituted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71, Sch. 5 para. 11(b)(ii) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in s. 7(3) substituted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71, Sch. 5 para. 11(b)(iii) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "S. 7(3A) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 75(7)(d); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Ss. 5, 7(4), 18(4)-(6), 19 repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 29"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1984 c. 54."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/47/section/7",
    "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."
}