SCHEDULE 6

Modifications of Water (Scotland) Act 1980
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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 ”.