# Water (Scotland) Act 1980, Paragraph 30: Penalty for waste, etc., of water by non-repair of pipes, etc.


(1) If any person wilfully or negligently causes or suffers any water fitting which he is liable to maintain to—
(a) be or remain so out of order, or so in need of repair; or
(b) be or remain so constructed or adapted, or be so used,
that the water supplied by the undertakers is, or is likely to be, wasted, misused or unduly consumed, or contaminated before use, or that foul air or any impure matter is likely to return into any pipe belonging to, or connected with a pipe belonging to, the undertakers, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(2) If any water fitting is in such a condition, or so constructed or adapted, or so used, as aforesaid, the undertakers, whether proceedings have or have not been taken in respect of the offence, may require the owner or the occupier of the premises to carry out repairs or alterations or to substitute another type of fitting, as they may reasonably consider necessary, and, if he fails to do so within 48 hours, may themselves carry out the work and recover from him as a civil debt the expenses reasonably incurred by them in so doing, but without prejudice to the rights and obligations, as between themselves, of the owner and the occupier.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/45/schedule/4/paragraph/30 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-scotland-act-1980/schedule-4/paragraph-30
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