39. The time within which a referee (“the referee”) may be appointed under section 61(1)(a) (appointment of referee) of the Act by agreement between a reservoir manager and the relevant engineer, is a period of 60 days beginning with, as the case may be—
(a)the day on which the safety report or the inspection report, which contains the direction which is to be referred to the referee by the reservoir manager under section 59(2) of the Act, was given to the reservoir manager; or
(b)the day on which the preliminary certificate or the final certificate, which mentions the matters which are to be referred to the referee by the reservoir manager under section 60(1) of the Act, was given to the reservoir manager.