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Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002

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(1)In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

  • “the 1968 Act” means the Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 47),

  • “the 1980 Act” means the Water (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 45),

  • “the 1994 Act” means the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39),

  • “charges scheme” has the meaning given by section 31(1),

  • “the Commissioner” means the Water Industry Commissioner for Scotland established by section 67A(1) of the 1994 Act and continued in existence by section 1(1) of this Act,

  • “financial year” means a period of 12 months ending with 31st March,

  • “local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the 1994 Act,

  • “new water and sewerage authorities” means the bodies established by section 62(1) of the 1994 Act and—

    (a)

    a reference to a new water and sewerage authority is a reference to any of those bodies,

    (b)

    “water area” and “sewerage area”, in relation to any such authority, are to be construed in accordance with that section,

  • “the Parliament” means the Scottish Parliament.

(2)In this Act, references to core functions, in relation to Scottish Water, are to its functions under or by virtue of the 1968 Act, the 1980 Act, this Act and any other enactment, but excluding its functions under subsection (1) of section 25 of this Act and subsection (2) of that section so far as relating to subsection (1).

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