{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-scotland-act-2002/schedule-6/paragraph-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-scotland-act-2002/schedule-6/paragraph-18.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2002/3",
  "legislation_title": "Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-scotland-act-2002",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 23 (power to lay mains etc.) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1)—\n(a) for “a water authority” substitute “ Scottish Water ”,\n(b) for “their” substitute “ its ”.\n(3) After subsection (1) insert—\n“(1ZA) Section 192 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c.65) (service of notices) shall apply to notices served by Scottish Water under subsection (1) above relating to land as it applies to notices served by a local authority relating to premises.”\n(4) In subsection (1A)—\n(a) for “the water authority” substitute “ Scottish Water ”,\n(b) for “the authority” substitute “ Scottish Water ”.\n(5) In subsection (2)—\n(a) for “an authority” substitute “ Scottish Water ”,\n(b) for “their” substitute “ its ”,\n(c) for “they” substitute “ it ”.\n(6) In subsection (3)—\n(a) for “A water authority” substitute “ Scottish Water ”,\n(b) for “their” substitute “ its ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/3/schedule/6/paragraph/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:08.152929+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."
}