Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (Consequential and Savings Provisions) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2002.

In this Order–

• “the 1994 Act” means the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994^f1;

• “the 2002 Act” means the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002; and

• “an authority” means a new water and sewerage authority.