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Reservoirs Act (Northern Ireland) 2015

Reservoirs Act (Northern Ireland) 2015

2015 CHAPTER 8

Commentary on Sections

Part 3 – Construction or alteration of controlled reservoirs

Section 52 – Offences: construction and alteration

Section 52 subsection (1) makes it an offence to fail to comply with sections 43(2)(a), (commissioning of a construction engineer).. Subsections 2 makes it an offence without reasonable excuse to fail to comply with sections 43(1) (notice of proposed works to the Department) and 43(2)(b) (notice of commissioning a construction engineer to the Department). Subsection (3) set out the maximum criminal sanctions of anyone committing an offence under subsection (1) or (2).

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