Reservoirs Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 Explanatory Notes

Section 74 – Offence under section 39(1) or 53(1): further remedies

This section applies where a manager has committed an offence through failure to comply with a direction in an inspection report, a pre-commencement safety recommendation or a direction in a safety report. The court may, in addition to or instead of imposing any penalty under section 39, or 53, order the reservoir manager to comply with the steps specified in the order and within such timeframe. Subsection (3) enables the court to extend the period for undertaking such work.

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