# Water (Scotland) Act 1980, Paragraph 2: Permissible limits of deviation.


In the construction of any authorised works the undertakers may deviate laterally to any extent not exceeding the limits of deviation shown on the plans submitted to the Secretary of State and, where on any road no such limits are shown, the boundaries of the road (including for this purpose any verge or roadside waste adjoining it) shall be deemed to be such limits, and they may also deviate vertically from the levels shown on the deposited sections to any extent:
Provided that—
(a) no embankment for a reservoir shall be constructed at a greater height above the general surface of the ground than that shown on the said plans and six feet in addition thereto; and
(b) except for the purpose of crossing a stream, canal, dyke, watercourse or railway, or of crossing any lands where the consent of all persons interested in those lands has been obtained, no pipe or other conduit or aqueduct shall be raised above the surface of the ground otherwise than in accordance with the said plans.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/45/schedule/4/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-scotland-act-1980/schedule-4/paragraph-2
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