{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-scotland-act-2002/section-2A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-scotland-act-2002/section-2A.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2002/3",
  "legislation_title": "Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-scotland-act-2002",
  "path": "section/2A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2A",
  "heading": "Citizens Advice Scotland representations",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where Citizens Advice Scotland has exercised a function under section 8(1) of the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (c. 17) (representative functions) in relation to the activities of Scottish Water.\n(2) The persons listed in subsection (4) must have regard to any advice, information, proposal or representation made to them by Citizens Advice Scotland under section 8(1) of that Act.\n(3) Any persons listed in subsection (4) to whom a proposal is made under section 8(1)(b) of that Act must, within 6 months of receipt, publish a summary of their responses to the proposal.\n(4) The persons are—\n(a) the Scottish Ministers,\n(b) Scottish Water,\n(c) the Water Industry Commission,\n(d) the Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland,\n(e) the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 2A inserted (15.8.2011) by Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), s. 134(7)(8), sch. 2 para. 2; S.S.I. 2011/278, art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 2A(1) substituted (1.4.2014) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of the National Consumer Council and Transfer of the Office of Fair Trading’s Functions in relation to Estate Agents etc) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/631), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 15(2)(b) (with Sch. 1 para. 28, Sch. 2 paras. 13-15)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 2A(2) substituted (1.4.2014) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of the National Consumer Council and Transfer of the Office of Fair Trading’s Functions in relation to Estate Agents etc) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/631), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 15(2)(c) (with Sch. 1 para. 28, Sch. 2 paras. 13-15)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 2A heading substituted (1.4.2014) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of the National Consumer Council and Transfer of the Office of Fair Trading’s Functions in relation to Estate Agents etc) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/631), art. 1(3), Sch. 1 para. 15(2)(a) (with Sch. 1 para. 28, Sch. 2 paras. 13-15)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/3/section/2A",
    "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."
}