The Reservoirs Act 1975 (Application Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1989

Statutory Instruments

1989 No. 2314

WATER, ENGLAND AND WALES

WATER SUPPLY, SCOTLAND

The Reservoirs Act 1975 (Application Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1989

Made

6th December 1989

Coming into force

1st January 1990

The Secretary of State for the Environment as respects England, the Secretary of State for Wales as respects Wales and the Secretary of State for Scotland as respects Scotland, in exercise of powers conferred on them by sections 4(2) and 5 of the Reservoirs Act 1975(1), hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Reservoirs Act 1975 (Application Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on1st January 1990.

Application fees

2.—(1) In regulation 2(2) of the Reservoirs Act 1975 (Supervising Engineers Panel) (Applications and Fees) Regulations 1984(2) (fee for appointment to the Supervising Engineers Panel), for “£120” substitute “£150”.

(2) In regulation 2(2) of the Reservoirs Act 1975 (All Reservoirs Panel) (Applications and Fees) Regulations 1985(3) and regulation 3(2) of the Reservoirs Act 1975 (Non-Impounding and Service Reservoirs Panels) (Applications and Fees) Regulation 1985(4) (fees for appointment to the All Reservoirs Panel and to the Non-Impounding and Service Reservoirs Panels), for “£155” substitute “£185”.

Revocation

3.  The Reservoirs Act 1975 (Application Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1988(5) are revoked.

Chris Patten

Secretary of State for the Environment

30th November 1989

Peter Walker

Secretary of State for Wales

3rd December 1989

James Douglas Hamilton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

6th December 1989

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The Reservoirs Act 1975 (Supervising Engineers Panel) (Applications and Fees) Regulations 1984, the Reservoirs Act 1975 (All Reservoirs Panel) (Applications and Fees) Regulations 1985 and the Reservoirs Act 1975 (Non-Impounding and Service Reservoirs Panels) (Applications and Fees) Regulations 1985 prescribed the fees which are to accompany applications by civil engineers to become members of the panels constituted for the purposes of the Reservoirs Act 1975. Those fees have been increased by the Reservoirs Act 1975 (Application Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1986 and the Reservoirs Act 1975 (Application Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1988.

These regulations provide for those fees to be increased from £120 to £150 for the Supervising Engineers Panel and from £155 to £185 for all the other panels.

(1)

1975 c. 23.

(2)

S.I.1984/1874; regulation 2(2) was amended by S.I. 1986/853 and 1988/69.

(3)

S.I.1985/175; regulation 2(2) was amended by S.I.1986/853 and 1988/69.

(4)

S.I.1985/1086; regulation 3(2) was amended by S.I.1986/853 and 1988/69.

(5)

S.I.1988/69.