Reservoirs Act (Northern Ireland) 2015

Maintenance of records

58.—(1) The reservoir manager of a controlled reservoir must maintain a record of relevant documents.

(2) The record must include all of the relevant documents. (Sections 37 and 38 make provision as regards other records to be maintained by the reservoir managers of high-consequence and medium-consequence reservoirs and associated offences.)

(3) Where the reservoir is a low-consequence reservoir, the record must in addition contain information about repairs to the reservoir in such form as the Department may by regulations require.

(4) The relevant documents are—

(a) any of the following which is given to the reservoir manager (or copied to the manager pursuant to section 70)—

(i) a safety report, safety measure certificate, preliminary certificate, construction certificate or final certificate,

(ii) a pre-commencement inspection report or an inspection report, interim inspection compliance certificate or inspection compliance certificate,

(iii) a notice under section 26(2)(a) or (g), recommendation under section 26(3) or statement under section 26(5) (by a supervising engineer),

(b) any flood plan currently applicable in respect of the reservoir which has been produced in respect of it in pursuance of regulations made under section 57.