{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-scotland-act-2002/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-scotland-act-2002/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2002/3",
  "legislation_title": "Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-industry-scotland-act-2002",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Power of the Commissioner to require information",
  "text": "(1) Scottish Water must, on being requested to do so by the Commission, provide the Commission with such information held by it as the Commission may reasonably seek in the exercise of the Commission's functions.\n(2) Subsection (1) does not authorise the Commission to require the disclosure of anything which a person would be entitled to refuse to disclose on grounds of confidentiality in proceedings in the Court of Session.\n(3) Where Scottish Water considers that it is entitled to withhold information from the Commission—\n(a) because it is not reasonably sought, or\n(b) by virtue of subsection (2),\nit must intimate that fact to the Commission in writing.\n(4) Scottish Water must comply with any direction given to it by the Commission under section 25(5) of the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 (enforcement by regulator of notice to provide Citizens Advice Scotland or Consumer Scotland with information).",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 4(1) 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": "F2",
      "text": "S. 4(2)(3) substituted for s. 4(2) (1.7.2005 in so far as not already in force) by Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 3), ss. 1(2), 37(2) (with s. 36); S.S.I. 2005/351, art. 2, sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 4(4) inserted (15.8.2011) by Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 8), s. 134(7)(8), sch. 2 para. 3; S.S.I. 2011/278, art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 4(4) 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(3) (with Sch. 1 para. 28, Sch. 2 paras. 13-15)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 4(4) inserted (10.11.2022) by The Consumer Scotland (Transfer of Functions) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/296), reg. 1(1), sch. para. 1(2) (with reg. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2002/3/section/4",
    "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."
}