{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-scotland-act-1980/section-53",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-scotland-act-1980/section-53.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/45",
  "legislation_title": "Water (Scotland) Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-scotland-act-1980",
  "path": "section/53",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": "Provision as to supply to tents, vans, sheds, etc.",
  "text": "(1) No person shall be entitled to demand or to continue to receive from Scottish Water a supply of water to any habitation to which this subsection applies unless he has—\n(a) agreed with Scottish Water to take a supply of water by meter and to pay to it such minimum annual sum as will give it a reasonable return on the capital expenditure incurred by it in providing the required supply and will cover other standing charges incurred by it in order to meet the possible maximum demand for his habitation, and will yield a reasonable return on the cost of the water supplied; and\n(b) secured to the reasonable satisfaction of Scottish Water by way of deposit or otherwise, payment of such a sum as may be reasonable having regard to his possible maximum demand for water.\nThe annual sum to be so paid and the security to be so given shall be determined, in default of agreement, by the sheriff, whose decision shall be final.\n(2) The habitations to which subsection (1) applies are tents, vans or other conveyances, whether on wheels or not, and sheds or similar structures.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 53(1) substituted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71(1), Sch. 6 para. 35(a) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 53(a) substituted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71(1), Sch. 6 para. 35(b)(i) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 53(1)(b) substituted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71(1), Sch. 6 para. 35(b)(ii) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 53(1)(b) substituted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71(1), Sch. 6 para. 35(c) (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 53(3) repealed by Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 47, SIF 81:2, 103:2), s. 34, Sch. 6"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/45/section/53",
    "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."
}