PART 1CONTROLLED RESERVOIRS, REGISTRATION AND RESERVOIR DESIGNATION
Reservoir designation
17Giving a reservoir designation
1
The Department must, as soon as is reasonably practicable after registering a controlled reservoir in the controlled reservoirs register, give the reservoir a reservoir designation.
2
A reservoir designation is a designation of the controlled reservoir by the Department as one of the following categories—
a
a high-consequence reservoir,
b
a medium-consequence reservoir,
c
a low-consequence reservoir.
3
In giving a reservoir designation, the Department must, in so far as it is reasonably practicable to do so, take into account the matters mentioned in section 22.
4
The Department gives a controlled reservoir a reservoir designation by notice served on the reservoir manager of the reservoir—
a
specifying the reservoir designation it has given the reservoir,
b
specifying the reasons for its decision,
c
specifying the date on which the designation takes effect,
d
giving information about the right under section 20 to apply for a review by the Department of its decision, the procedure for making such an application and the period within which an application may be made,
e
specifying that the reservoir designation which is the subject of an application continues to have effect pending a decision being made in the review.