3.—(1) Any reference in any enactment to an authority shall, insofar as may be necessary or expedient for the purposes of the exercise of any function by Scottish Water, be construed as a reference to Scottish Water.
(2) Any thing done or treated by virtue of any enactment as having been done by, to or in relation to an authority in connection with the discharge of any of its functions shall be treated as having been done by, to or in relation to Scottish Water.
(3) The things referred to in paragraph (2) include, in particular –
(a)any agreement, charges scheme, instrument, decision, designation, determination, declaration or order made or treated as having been made by an authority;
(b)any notice or direction given or treated as given by or to an authority;
(c)any licence, certificate, permission, consent, approval, refusal, exemption, dispensation or annexation granted or treated as granted by or to an authority;
(d)any application, request, proposal or objection made or treated as made by or to an authority;
(e)any fee paid to or by an authority;
(f)any conditional requirement imposed or treated as opposed by or on an authority;
(g)any proceedings instituted by or against an authority;
(h)any appeal allowed by or in favour of or against an authority; or
(i)any obligation owed to or by an authority in respect of any order made under section 79 of the 1994 Act.