Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002

13 (1) Section 16 (powers of survey and search for water on land) is amended as follows.

(2) For subsection (1) substitute—

“(1) The Scottish Ministers may, on application made to them by Scottish Water, authorise it to survey, in accordance with this section—

(a) any land which it proposes to acquire for the purposes of its water undertaking or proposed water undertaking; or

(b) any land in, on or over which it is proposed to lay a water main.”

(3) In subsection (2), for “the authority” substitute “Scottish Water”.

(4) In subsection (3)—

(a) for “an authority are” substitute “Scottish Water is”,

(b) for “the authority” substitute “Scottish Water”.

(5) In subsection (8)—

(a) for “the authority on whose behalf the works were carried out” substitute “Scottish Water”,

(b) for “they” substitute “it”.