Water (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 45)
42(1)The Water (Scotland) Act 1980 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.
(2)In section 65 (power of council to make charging order for expenses of executing works), as saved by section 179 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39)—
(a)in subsection (5)—
(i)the word “estates,”; and
(ii)paragraph (a),
shall cease to have effect;
(b)in subsection (7), for the words “absolute order made under and in terms of the Improvement of Land Act 1864” substitute “a standard security”; and
(c)in subsection (8), the words “or rentcharge” shall cease to have effect.
(3)In Schedule 4 (provisions to be incorporated in orders relating to water undertakings), in paragraph 8, the words “feuduties, ground annuals,” shall cease to have effect.