{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-scotland-act-1980/section-23B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-scotland-act-1980/section-23B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/45",
  "legislation_title": "Water (Scotland) Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-scotland-act-1980",
  "path": "section/23B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "23B",
  "heading": "Construction standards for mains and communication pipes to vest in Scottish Water",
  "text": "(1) In relation to a main or communication pipe to which subsection (3) of section 23A applies, the construction standards referred to in subsection (8)(a)(i) of that section are such standards as the Scottish Ministers may, by regulations, specify.\n(2) The standards which may be specified in regulations under subsection (1) include standards specified in or under other enactments.\n(3) Regulations under subsection (1) may make different provision in relation to different cases or descriptions of case.\n(4) Before making regulations under subsection (1) the Scottish Ministers must consult—\n(a) Scottish Water, and\n(b) such other persons as they consider appropriate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 23A-23C inserted (10.7.2008) by Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 3), ss. 31, 38(1) (with s. 35(2)); S.S.I. 2008/269, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/45/section/23B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:15:16.376021+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}