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As published
68 Agreements as to drainage.
(1) Scottish Water . . . may enter into agreements—
(a) with the owners and occupiers of any land, in so far as their interest enables them to bind it, or
(b) with a local authority,
with respect to the execution and maintenance by any party to the agreement of such works as Scottish Water considers necessary for the purpose of draining that land, or for more effectually collecting or conveying water which it is for the time being authorised to take:
Provided that where the execution of any such works would result in the discharge of water, otherwise than through public sewers, into any watercourse which is within a fishery district or is subject to the jurisdiction of a navigation authority or from which any public undertakers are authorised by any enactment to take or use water, Scottish Water . . . shall, before entering into the agreement, consult with the fishery district board or the navigation authority or the undertakers concerned.
(2) An agreement under this section with an owner of land shall, if it is so expressed therein, on being registered in the Land Register of Scotland or recorded in the Register of Sasines, be binding upon and enforceable against any person subsequently acquiring the land or any estate or interest therein.
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Your change, as a redline
68 Agreements as to drainage.
(1) Scottish Water . . . may enter into agreements—
(a) with the owners and occupiers of any land, in so far as their interest enables them to bind it, or
(b) with a local authority,
with respect to the execution and maintenance by any party to the agreement of such works as Scottish Water considers necessary for the purpose of draining that land, or for more effectually collecting or conveying water which it is for the time being authorised to take:
Provided that where the execution of any such works would result in the discharge of water, otherwise than through public sewers, into any watercourse which is within a fishery district or is subject to the jurisdiction of a navigation authority or from which any public undertakers are authorised by any enactment to take or use water, Scottish Water . . . shall, before entering into the agreement, consult with the fishery district board or the navigation authority or the undertakers concerned.
(2) An agreement under this section with an owner of land shall, if it is so expressed therein, on being registered in the Land Register of Scotland or recorded in the Register of Sasines, be binding upon and enforceable against any person subsequently acquiring the land or any estate or interest therein.
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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