Regulator profile

WICS

Water Industry Commission for Scotland

Enforcement Regulator Scotland

What WICS does

Economic regulator for the Scottish water industry. Sets charges for Scottish Water and promotes efficiency and value for money.

Scottish equivalent of Ofwat.

Economic RegulationWater Regulation

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Legislation that WICS directly enforces.

Primary legislation

Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 Water Services (Scotland) Act 2005

Secondary legislation

The Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2005

Legislation connected to WICS’s remit but not directly enforced — establishing Acts, amendments, referenced legislation, and context.

Administered / monitored

Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968 UK Act of Parliament Water (Scotland) Act 1980 UK Act of Parliament Competition Act 1998 UK Act of Parliament Enterprise Act 2002 UK Act of Parliament WEWSSA 2003 UK Act of Parliament Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2003 UK Statutory Instrument Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 UK Act of Parliament

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