Water (Scotland) Act 1980

PART IV Byelaws made by water authorities or water development boards under sections 70 and 71

24 Byelaws to which this Part of this Schedule applies shall be made under the common seal of the water authority or water development board and shall net have effect until they are confirmed by the Secretary of State.

25 At least one month before application for confirmation of the byelaws is made—

(a) notice of the intention to apply for confirmation shall be published in the Edinburgh Gazette and in one or more local newspapers circulating in the area to which the byelaws apply, and

(b) a copy of the byelaws shall be sent to the council of every region or district wholly or partly comprised in the area to which the byelaws apply.

26 For at least one month before such application is made, a copy of the byelaws shall be deposited at the offices of the water authority or water development board and shall at all reasonable hours be open to public inspection without payment.

27 The water authority or water development board shall, at the request of any person interested, furnish to him a copy of the proposed byelaws upon payment of such sum, not exceeding 10 pence for every 100 words contained in the copy, as they may determine.

28 Any person aggrieved by any such byelaws may, within one month after the publication of the notice required by paragraph 25 hereof, notify his objection and the ground of his objection to the Secretary of State who shall consider them before confirming the byelaws.

29 The Secretary of State may confirm with or without modification or refuse to confirm any byelaws submitted to him under this Part of this Schedule for confirmation, and may fix a date on which the byelaws are to come into operation and if no date is so fixed the byelaws shall come into operation at the expiration of one month from the date of their confirmation.

30 A copy of. the byelaws when confirmed shall be printed and deposited at the offices of the water authority or water development board and shall at all reasonable hours be open to public inspection without payment, and a copy thereof shall, on application, be furnished to any person on payment of such sum, not exceeding 20 pence for every copy, as the authority or board may determine.

31 The production of a printed copy of the byelaws on which is endorsed a certificate purporting to be signed by the proper officer of the authority or board, stating—

(a) that the byelaws v/ere made by the authority or board ;

(b) that the copy is a true copy of the byelaws ;

(c) that on a specified date the byelaws were confirmed by the Secretary of State ; and

(d) the date, if any, fixed by the Secretary of State for the coming into operation of the byelaws ;

shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the certificate and without proof of the handwriting or official position of any person purporting to sign a certificate in pursuance of this paragraph.