{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-scotland-act-2002/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-scotland-act-2002/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2002/3",
  "legislation_title": "Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-scotland-act-2002",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Functions of the Commissioner",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) The Commission is to advise the Scottish Ministers on any matter which appears to the Commission or to them to relate to—\n(a) the standard of service provided by Scottish Water to persons whose premises are connected to the public water supply system or the public sewerage system (within the meaning of Part 2 of the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 3)) or both , or\n(b) the manner in which Scottish Water conducts its relations with those persons or persons whose premises have been, or might reasonably become, connected to either or both of those systems ,\nin the exercise of its core functions.\n(7) The Commission has power to do anything which is calculated to facilitate, or is incidental or conducive to, the exercise of the Commission's functions.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 3(1)-(5) repealed (1.4.2006) by Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 3), ss. 3(2), 37(2) (with s. 36); S.S.I. 2006/167, art. 2, sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 3 substituted (1.7.2005) by Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 3), s. 37(2), sch. 5 para. 7(1) (with s. 36); S.S.I. 2005/351, art. 2, sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(6)(a) substituted (1.7.2005) by Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 3), s. 37(2), sch. 5 para. 7(2)(a) (with s. 36); S.S.I. 2005/351, art. 2, sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(6)(b) substituted (1.7.2005) by Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 3), s. 37(2), sch. 5 para. 7(2)(b) (with s. 36); S.S.I. 2005/351, art. 2, sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/3/section/3",
    "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."
}