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Reservoirs (Scotland) Act 2011

Section 61 – Appointment of referee

95.This section requires referees appointed under this section to be appointed by agreement between the reservoir manager and the relevant engineer or, where no agreement can be reached by the Scottish Ministers. Subsection (2) enables engineers to be appointed as referees if they are a member of a panel established under section 27 and is not disqualified from being appointed under this section in relation to the reservoir concerned. Subsection (3) lists the situations where an engineer would be disqualified from being appointed under this section. Subsection (4) defines “the relevant engineer” for the purposes of this section, section 62 and section 63.

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