# Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003, Paragraph 3

Status: prospective

(1) Section 24 (communication and supply pipes) of the 1980 Act is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1), for “the water authority providing the supply” substitute “ Scottish Water ”.
(3) After subsection (1) insert—
“(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.”
(4) In subsection (2), for “all water authorities” substitute “ Scottish Water ”.
(5) In subsection (3)—
(a) at the beginning insert “ Subject to section 23A, ”,
(b) for “the water authority and the authority” substitute “ Scottish Water and Scottish Water ”,
(c) for “their” in both places where it occurs substitute “ its ”.
(6) In subsection (4)—
(a) for “the water authority” substitute “ Scottish Water ”,
(b) for “them” in both places where it occurs substitute “ it ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2003/3/schedule/4/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-and-water-services-scotland-act-2003/schedule-4/paragraph-3
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