Part III Powers of Water Authorities for the purposes of Water Supply

31 Consultation with authorities in England.

(1)

Where the limits of supply of F1Scottish Water adjoin any part of England and it appears to F2Scottish Water that there may be water in watercourses or underground strata in that part of England, or in the limits of supply, which could be transferred from that part of England to the limits of supply, or from the limits of supply to that part of England, as the case may be, F3Scottish Water shall, insofar as F4it considers it appropriate to do so, consult with

F5(a)

the F6water undertakers and other appropriate authorities in that part of England with a view to securing the best use of that water in the public interest F7; and

F8(b)

the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.

(2)

In subsection (1) the reference to water in underground strata shall be construed as a reference to water contained in strata subjacent to the surface of any land otherwise than in a sewer, pipe, reservoir, tank or other underground works constructed in any such strata.