SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1S Procedure for Making Orders and Making and Confirming Byelaws

Part IS

Orders made by the Secretary of State under section 17(2) and (if made on application of water authority or water development board) sections 19, 29(2) and 107(1)).S

1S[F1Where Scottish Water proposes to apply] for any order to which this part of this Schedule applies [F2it] shall submit to the Secretary of State a draft of the order which [F3it desires] him to make and shall publish once at least in each of two successive weeks in one or more local newspapers circulating in the area affected by the order a notice—

(a)stating the general effect of the order;

(b)specifying a place in or near the said area where a copy of the draft order and of any relevant map or plan may be inspected by any person free of charge at all reasonable hours during a period of 28 days from the date of the first publication of the notice;

(c)stating that within the said period any person may by notice to the Secretary of State object to the application.

2SNot later than the date on which the said notice is first published, [F4Scottish Water] shall serve a copy thereof—

(i)on the F5. . . [F6local authority] for every area affected by the order along with a copy of the draft order;

(ii)where it is proposed that the order shall authorise the acquisition of rights to take water, on the fishery district board of any fishery district from which water is to be taken under the rights acquired, on any navigation authority exercising functions in relation to any watercourse from which water is to be taken under the rights acquired and on any public undertakers [F7or licence holder within the meaning of Part I of the Electricity Act 1989] known by [F8Scottish Water] to be authorised by [F7or by virtue of] any enactment to take or use water from any such watercourse and in the case of an order under section 17(2) [F9on the Scottish Environment Protection Agency].

3S[F10Scottish Water] shall also publish in the Edinburgh Gazette a notice stating that [F11it is] about to apply for an order under the appropriate section, F12. . . and of any relevant map or plan may be inspected, and giving the name and date of issue of a local newpaper in which the notice explaining the effect of the order applied for will be found.

4S[F13Scottish Water] shall, at the request of any person interested, furnish to him a copy of the draft order upon payment of such charge F14 as [F15it thinks] reasonable.

5SThe Secretary of State may make an order in the terms of the draft submitted to him or in those terms as modified in such manner as he thinks fit, but, where he proposes to make any modification and considers that persons other than [F16Scottish Water] may be adversely affected thereby, he shall require [F16Scottish Water] to give and publish additional notices in such manner as he thinks best adapted for informing all persons so affected of the modification proposed.

6SIf before the expiration of the 28 days referred to in paragraph 1 of this Schedule or of 25 days from the publication of the said notice in the Edinburgh Gazette, or before the expiration of any period specified in notices given under the last foregoing paragraph, an objection is received by the Secretary of State from any authority or board or undertakers [F17or licence holder] on whom a notice is required to be served under paragraph 2 of this Schedule, or from any other person appearing to him to be affected by the application, or, as the case may be, by the proposed modification, and the objection is not withdrawn, the Secretary of State, before making any order on the application, shall cause a local inquiry to be held.

7SAfter considering the report of any local inquiry under the last foregoing paragraph, and before making the order, the Secretary of State shall give to any person who has duly objected thereto, and has not withdrawn his objection, notice as to the order which he proposes to make, and shall not make the order until the expiration of 28 days from the date of the notice and, if within that period that person gives notice to the Secretary of State that he objects to the proposed order, and the objection is not withdrawn, the order shall be subject to special parliamentary procedure.

8SThe expenses incurred by the Secretary of State in connection with the making, notification and confirmation of an order under this Part of this Schedule shall be paid by [F18Scottish Water]F19. . . .

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