Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003

The 1968 Act

10 (1) Section 12 (rights of owners and occupiers to connect with and drain into public sewers etc.) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) for “or private sewers” in the first place where those words occur substitute “, private sewers or private SUD systems”,

(b) after “sewers” in the second place where it occurs insert “, SUD systems”,

(c) after “entitled” in the second place where it occurs insert “(a)”,

(d) for “and surface water from those premises” substitute “, and

(b) by means of those drains, private sewers or private SUD systems, to drain into those sewers, systems or works the surface water,

from those premises”.

(3) In subsection (2)—

(a) for “or sewers” substitute “, sewers or SUD systems”,

(b) after “sewers” in the second place where it occurs insert “, SUD systems”,

(c) for “or sewer” substitute “, sewer or SUD system”.

(4) In subsection (3)—

(a) for “or sewers” substitute “, sewers or SUD systems”,

(b) after “sewers” in the second place where it occurs insert “, SUD systems”,

(c) for “or sewer” substitute “, sewer or SUD system”,

(d) after “sewer” in the second place where it occurs insert “, system”.

(5) In subsection (8)—

(a) for “or sewer” in both places where those words occur substitute “, sewer or SUD system”,

(b) after “sewers” insert “, SUD systems”.