Flood and Water Management Act 2010 Explanatory Notes

Cross-border England-Scotland reservoirs

342.Paragraph 43 makes provision about a large raised reservoir which is partly in Scotland and partly in England. It enables the Secretary of State, with the consent of Scottish Ministers, to provide by order for the English reservoir safety regime (see paragraph 43(1)(c)) or the Scottish reservoir safety regime (see paragraph 43(1)(d)) to apply to any specified large raised reservoir or a class of large raised reservoir.

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