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SCOTTISH STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2005 No. 577
WATER SUPPLY
The Scottish Water (Allt Ach Na Braighe) Water Order 2005

	Made	9th November 2005
	Coming into force	11th November 2005

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 17(1), 29(1) and 107(1)(b) of the Water (Scotland) Act 1980[1] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, on the application of Scottish Water, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Scottish Water (Allt Ach Na Braighe) Water Order 2005 and shall come into force on 11th November 2005.

Interpretations
2. In this Order:–

"the Act" means the Water (Scotland) Act 1980;

"approved" means approved by the Scottish Ministers;

"day" means a period of 24 hours reckoned from midnight;

"deposited plan" means the plan, prepared in triplicate, docqueted and signed as relevant to this Order and marked "the Scottish Water (Allt Ach Na Braighe) Water Order 2005", one copy of which is deposited in the office of the Scottish Executive, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, one copy in the other in the head office of Scottish Water at Castle House, 6 Castle Drive, Carnegie Campus, Dunfermline, Fife, KY11 8GG, and one copy in the Scottish Water Inverness Area Office at 31 Henderson Drive, Longman North, Inverness IV1 1TR;

"gauge" includes a gauge, weir or other apparatus for measuring the flow of water;

"intake" includes any work by which water is taken by Scottish Water for the purpose of the undertaking;

"Scottish Water" means the body corporate established by section 20(1) of the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002[

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"undertaking" means the water undertaking for the time being of Scottish Water; and

"works" means the works described in Schedule 1 to this Order and shown on the deposited plan.

Incorporation and application of provisions of Schedule 4 to the Act
     3. The provisions of paragraphs 2 and 10(3) of Schedule 4 to the Act[3], modified and adapted to read as set out in Schedule 2 to this Order shall apply to the undertaking insofar as affected by the provisions of this Order, and the terms used in the provisions of those paragraphs, as so modified and adapted, which are defined in this Order, shall have the same meaning as in this Order.

Water rights
     4. Subject to the provisions of this Order, Scottish Water may for the purposes of the undertaking, and by means of an existing intake located at Ordnance Survey National Grid Reference NR 2057 9063, take water from the Allt Ach Na Braighe in the area of the Highland Council.

     5. —(1) During the construction of the works, Scottish Water may take from the Allt Ach Na Braighe such water as it may require for such construction.

    (2) After completion of the works Scottish Water may, in any day, take from the Allt Ach Na Braighe a quantity of water not greater than 280 cubic metres, as measured and recorded by a gauge (Work No 2).

     6. If the power to take water conferred by this Order has not been exercised by 31st December 2007, the said power shall cease.

Revocation
     7. The County of Ross and Cromarty (Allt Ach a'Braighe) Water Order 1968[4] made under the seal of the Secretary of State for Scotland, dated 23rd April 1968, approving the Minute of Agreement between Philip Sydney Henman and the County Council of Ross and Cromarty dated 7th and 26th September 1967, is hereby revoked with effect from 31st December 2007.

ANDREW SCOTT
A member of the staff of the Scottish Ministers

Victoria Quay, Edinburgh
9th November 2005

SCHEDULE 1Article 2

The works referred to in this Order and shown on the deposited plan are:–

Works No. 1	Fitting of a new cover upon an existing intake chamber located at Ordnance Survey National Grid Reference NC 0500 0621.
Works No. 2	Installation of a flow meter into an existing meter chamber located on a supply pipe approximately 21 metres downstream of the existing intake chamber.

SCHEDULE 2Article 2

The modifications and adaptations of Schedule 4 to the Act referred to in this Order are–

(1) For paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 substitute–

(2) For paragraph 10(3) of Schedule 4 substitute–

it shall, without prejudice to its civil liability, if any, to a person aggrieved, be liable, in the case of an offence under sub paragraph (a) of this paragraph, on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale, and, in the case of an offence under sub paragraph (b) of this paragraph–

Notes:

[1] 1980 c.45; section 17(1) was amended by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39), section 180(1) and (2), Schedule 13, paragraph 119(10)(a) and Schedule 14, and by the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3) Schedule 6, paragraph 14(1) and (2); Section 107(1)(b) was amended by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, section 180(1) and (2), Schedule 13, paragraph 52(a) and by the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2003 Schedule 6, paragraphs 61(a) and (b); Section 29(1) was amended by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, section 180(1) and (2), Schedule 13, paragraphs 19(a) and (b) and Schedule 14, and by the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002, Schedule 6, paragraphs 23(a), (b) and (c). See section 109(1) for definition of "local enactment". The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).back

[2] 2002 asp 3, as amended by the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 3).back

[3] Paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 was amended by the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c.54), Schedule 9, paragraph 81(15)(a); paragraph 10(3) was amended by the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c.48), Schedule 15, paragraph 27 and by the Criminal Procedure (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.40), Schedule 2.back

[4] A copy of the Order is available upon request from Scottish Water, Castle House, 6 Castle Drive, Carnegie Campus, Dunfermline, Fife.back

ISBN 0 11 069816 9

Prepared 18 November 2005

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