{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-and-water-services-scotland-act-2003/schedule-4/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-and-water-services-scotland-act-2003/schedule-4/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2003/3",
  "legislation_title": "Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-and-water-services-scotland-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 24 (communication and supply pipes) of the 1980 Act is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1), for “the water authority providing the supply” substitute “ Scottish Water ”.\n(3) After subsection (1) insert—\n“(1A) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to the laying of any part of a service pipe in respect of which an authorisation under section 23A(1) is in force.”\n(4) In subsection (2), for “all water authorities” substitute “ Scottish Water ”.\n(5) In subsection (3)—\n(a) at the beginning insert “ Subject to section 23A, ”,\n(b) for “the water authority and the authority” substitute “ Scottish Water and Scottish Water ”,\n(c) for “their” in both places where it occurs substitute “ its ”.\n(6) In subsection (4)—\n(a) for “the water authority” substitute “ Scottish Water ”,\n(b) for “them” in both places where it occurs substitute “ it ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/3/schedule/4/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:54.686695+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."
}