# Water (Scotland) Act 1980, Section 10: Compensation for damage resulting from exercise of powers.

Extent: S

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a local authority or Scottish Water . . . shall make full compensation to any person who has sustained damage by reason of the exercise by them or it of any of their or its powers under this Act in relation to a matter as to which he has not himself been in default.
(1A) The escape of water, however caused, . . . from one of Scottish Water’s . . . communication or supply pipes or mains shall for the purposes of subsection (1) above be taken to have been brought about by the exercise by it of powers under this Act.
(2) Any question arising under this section as to the fact of damage or as to the amount of compensation shall, in case of dispute, be determined by arbitration.
(3) A claim for compensation under this section shall not be maintainable unless it is made within 24 months after the date on which it is alleged to have arisen.
(4) The provisions of this section shall be without prejudice to any other provisions in this Act relating to compensation.
(5) Without prejudice to any right to compensation other than under subsection (1) above, in that subsection “person” does not, as regards compensation payable under that subsection by virtue of subsection (1A) above, include—
(a) statutory undertakers as defined in section 214 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997;
(b) roads authorities as defined in section 151(1) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;
(c) bridge authorities as defined in section 147 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991;
(d) road works authority as defined in section 108 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991;
(e) persons on whom a right to compensation under section 141 of the said Act of 1991 is conferred.
(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/45/section/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-scotland-act-1980/section-10
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.