# Water (Scotland) Act 1980, Section 18: Compulsory acquisition of land for water works.

Extent: S

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, an order under section 17 may authorise Scottish Water to acquire compulsorily such land as may be necessary for the purposes of the order, being land which Scottish Water could be authorised to acquire under section 47 of the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3) .
(2) The provisions of Schedule 2 shall have effect in relation to an order under section 17 which authorises any such acquisition of land.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/45/section/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-scotland-act-1980/section-18
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