# Water (Scotland) Act 1980, Paragraph 6: Laying of communication pipes, etc.

Extent: S

(1) Upon receipt of such a notice as is referred to in the last foregoing paragraph, Scottish Water shall, within 14 days after the person by whom the notice was given has laid a supply pipe in accordance with the provisions of the last foregoing paragraph, lay the necessary communication pipe and any part of the supply pipe which is to be laid in a road and shall connect the communication pipe with the supply pipe:
Provided that, where any part of the supply pipe is to be laid in a road, it may elect to lay a main in the road for such distance as it thinks fit in lieu of a supply pipe, and in that case shall lay a communication pipe from that main and connect it with the supply pipe.
(2) The whole, or such part as Scottish Water may think fit, of the expenses reasonably incurred by Scottish Water in executing the work which it is required or authorised by this paragraph to execute shall be repaid to it by the person by whom the notice was given and may be recovered by it from him:
Provided that, if under the provisions of this paragraph Scottish Water lays a main in lieu of part of a supply pipe, the additional cost incurred in laying a main instead of a supply pipe shall be borne by it .
(3) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, where such a notice as aforesaid is given to Scottish Water, it may, within seven days after the receipt thereof, require the person giving the notice either to pay to it in advance the cost of the work, as estimated by its engineer, or to give security for payment thereof to its satisfaction, and, where it makes such a requirement, the period of 14 days referred to in sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph shall not commence to run until the requirement has been complied with.
If any payment so made to Scottish Water exceeds the expenses which under the foregoing provisions of this paragraph it would be entitled to recover from the person giving the notice, the excess shall be repaid by it , and, if and so far as those expenses are not covered by the payment, it may recover the balance from him.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/45/schedule/3/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-scotland-act-1980/schedule-3/paragraph-6
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