Scottish Statutory Instruments
2002 No. 473
WATER SUPPLY
Water Customer Consultation Panels (Scotland) Order 2002
Made 23rd October 2002
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 25th October 2002
Coming into force 20th November 2002

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(1), (2) and 68(2) of the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:
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Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Water Customer Consultation Panels (Scotland) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 20th November 2002.
(2) In this Order–
“the Convener” means the Convener of the Water Customer Consultation Panels; and
The Convener of the Water Customer Consultation Panels was appointed by virtue of section 2(6) of and paragraph 5(1) of schedule 1, Part 2 to the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002.
“local government area” shall be construed in accordance with section 1(2) of and Part I of Schedule 1 to the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.
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Water Customer Consultation Panels
2. Each Water Customer Consultation Panel named in Column 1 of the Schedule to this Order is hereby established for the area comprised of the local government areas described in the corresponding entry in Column 2 and shall have, in addition to the Convener, the number of members specified in the corresponding entry in Column 3.
ROSS FINNIE
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
23rd October 2002

SCHEDULE Water Customer Consultation Panels
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Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Water Customer Consultation Panel	Local government areas	Number of members
North West Scotland	Argyll and Bute; Highland; Moray	4
North East Scotland	Aberdeen City; Aberdeenshire; Angus; Dundee City; Fife; Perth and Kinross	4
South West Scotland	East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire; South Ayrshire; Clackmannanshire; City of Glasgow; East Dunbartonshire; West Dunbartonshire; Inverclyde; North Lanarkshire; South Lanarkshire; East Renfrewshire; Renfrewshire; Stirling	4
South East Scotland	Dumfries and Galloway; City of Edinburgh; Falkirk; East Lothian; Midlothian; West Lothian; Scottish Borders	4
Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles	Orkney Islands; Shetland Islands; Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	3

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order establishes panels of individuals to be known as Water Customer Consultation Panels, pursuant to section 2(1) of the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002.
Customer Panels are established in respect of each of the areas named in Column 1 of the Schedule to the Order. Those areas comprise the areas described in the corresponding entry in Column 2 of the Schedule and each Panel will have, in addition to the Convener, the number of members specified in the corresponding entry in Column 3 of the Schedule.