Explanatory Notes

Reservoirs (Scotland) Act 2011

2011 asp 9

12 April 2011

The Act – Section by Section

Part 1 – Reservoirs

Chapter 7 – Other Requirements: Controlled Reservoirs
Section 54 – Incident reporting

85.This section enables the Scottish Ministers to make provision in regulations for reporting incidents which may affect the safety of controlled reservoirs.

86.Subsection (2) provides an indicative list of what regulations may cover.

87.Subsection (3) sets consultation requirements which the Scottish Ministers must comply with before making regulations.