# Water (Scotland) Act 1980, Paragraph 4: Power to lay service pipes, etc.

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(1) Scottish Water may in any road lay such service pipes with such stopcocks and other fittings as it deems necessary for supplying water to premises , and may from time to time inspect, repair, alter or renew and may at any time remove any service pipe laid in a road whether by virtue of this section or otherwise:
Provided that before exercising any of the powers conferred by this paragraph, Scottish Water shall, except in cases of emergency arising from defects in any existing pipes, plant or works, give such notice, to —
(i)where the road is a public road, the roads authority; and
(ii)in any other case, the authority or person responsible for the maintenance of the road, or, if no authority or person is so responsible, to the owners of the solum of the roadas would require to be given by an undertaker under section 114 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (notice of starting date of works) in accordance with that section and with section 156 of that Act (service of notice).
(2) Where a service pipe has been lawfully laid in, on or over any land not forming part of a road, Scottish Water may from time to time enter upon that land and inspect, repair, alter, renew or remove the then existing pipe or lay a new pipe in substitution therefor, but shall pay compensation for any damage done by them.
Any dispute as to the amount of compensation to be paid under this sub-paragraph shall be determined by arbitration.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/45/schedule/3/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-scotland-act-1980/schedule-3/paragraph-4
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