Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002

1. Introductory Text

2. Part 1 Water Industry Commissioner and Customer Panels

   1. 1. Water Industry Commissioner for Scotland

   2. 2. Water Customer Consultation Panels

   3. 3. Functions of the Commissioner

   4. 4. Power of the Commissioner to require information

   5. 5. Annual reports by, and information from, the Commissioner

   6. 6. Funding of the Commissioner

3. Part 2 Drinking Water Quality Regulator

   1. Appointment

      1. 7. Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland

   2. Public water suppliers: general powers of Regulator

      1. 8. Power to obtain information

      2. 9. Powers of entry, inspection etc.

   3. Enforcement of duties of public water suppliers

      1. 10. Enforcement notices

      2. 11. Enforcement notices: further provisions

      3. 12. Failure to comply with enforcement notices

      4. 13. Emergencies

      5. 14. Variation and withdrawal of notices

      6. 15. Register of enforcement notices and emergency notices

   4. Supervision of local authority enforcement

      1. 16. Power to require information from local authorities

   5. Supplementary

      1. 17. Annual reports

      2. 18. Powers of entry etc.: further provision

      3. 19. Interpretation of Part 2

4. Part 3 Scottish Water

   1. Establishment

      1. 20. Scottish Water

      2. 21. Transfer of functions from new water and sewerage authorities

      3. 22. Transfer of property and liabilities

      4. 23. Transfer of staff

      5. 24. Dissolution of new water and sewerage authorities etc.

   2. General powers

      1. 25. General powers

   3. Codes of practice

      1. 26. Customer standards code

      2. 27. Approval of customer standards code

      3. 28. Consultation code

   4. Charges

      1. 29. Charges for goods and services

      2. 30. Maximum charges for services provided with help of Scottish Water

      3. 31. Charges schemes

      4. 32. Approval of charges schemes

      5. 33. Commissioner’s advice on charges

      6. 34. Publication of summary of charges scheme

      7. 35. Liability of occupiers etc. for charges

      8. 36. Section 35: meaning of “occupier”

      9. 37. Collection of charges by local authority

      10. 38. Suspension of collection of charges by local authority

      11. 39. Primacy of duty to maintain domestic water supply etc.

      12. 40. Reduced charges

   5. Finances

      1. 41. Duties and powers relating to finance

      2. 42. Financing and borrowing

      3. 43. Guarantees

      4. 44. Directions as to payment and investment

      5. 45. Accounts and audit

   6. Land transactions

      1. 46. Acquisition of land by agreement

      2. 47. Compulsory acquisition of land

      3. 48. Disposal of land

   7. General duties

      1. 49. Interests of customers

      2. 50. Economy, efficiency and effectiveness

      3. 51. Sustainable development

      4. 52. Public access to land held by Scottish Water

      5. 53. Environmental matters

      6. 54. Protection of natural heritage

      7. 55. Consultation with Health Boards

   8. Miscellaneous

      1. 56. Directions

      2. 57. Information and reports

      3. 58. Records

      4. 59. Validity of actings

      5. 60. Private legislation

      6. 61. Supply of goods and services to and by local authorities

      7. 62. Information from local authorities and assessors

5. Part 4 Miscellaneous and general

   1. Miscellaneous

      1. 63. Register of trade effluents: confidential information

      2. 64. Works in connection with metering

      3. 65. Contravention of water byelaws: penalties and proceedings

   2. General

      1. 66. Offences by bodies corporate and partnerships

      2. 67. Crown application

      3. 68. Orders and regulations

      4. 69. Ancillary provision

      5. 70. Interpretation

      6. 71. Modification of enactments

      7. 72. Commencement and short title

6. 1. Schedule 1

      Water Industry Commissioner and Customer Panels: further provision

      1. Part 1 The Commissioner

      2. Part 2 Customer Panels

   2. Schedule 2

      Drinking Water Quality Regulator: further provision as to powers of entry etc.

   3. Schedule 3

      Scottish Water: status, constitution, proceedings etc.

   4. Schedule 4

      Recovery by local authority of unpaid charges

   5. Schedule 5

      Modifications of Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968

   6. Schedule 6

      Modifications of Water (Scotland) Act 1980

   7. Schedule 7

      Modifications of other enactments