Prospective
7—(1) This section applies where by virtue of section 6 there is more than one reservoir manager of a controlled reservoir.
(2) The requirements of this Act apply in relation to each of the reservoir managers (whether or not they make a nomination under subsection (3)).
(3) Any of the reservoir managers (“the nominating manager”) may nominate another of the reservoir managers (“the nominee”) to do any of the following on behalf of the nominating manager—
(a)fulfil any requirements of this Act to which the nominating manager is subject and which are specified in the nomination,
(b)exercise any rights the nominating manager has under this Act and which are so specified.
(4) A nomination made under subsection (3) must in addition specify the name, postal address and telephone contact details of the nominee.
(5) The nominating manager must, not later than 28 days after the date of the nomination, give notice of the nomination and of what it contains to—
(a)the Department,
(b)each other reservoir manager of the controlled reservoir,
(c)any supervising engineer, inspecting engineer, other qualified engineer or construction engineer commissioned in relation to the reservoir (see Parts 2 and 3).
(6) Where a nomination is duly made and notice of it is duly given—
(a)the Department may notify and consult the nominee in accordance with the nomination,
(b)any supervising engineer, inspecting engineer, other qualified engineer or construction engineer commissioned for the time being in relation to the reservoir may give any notice, report, certificate or other document (required by this Act to be given to the nominating manager) to the nominee in accordance with the nomination.
(7) In subsection (6)(b), reference to the “supervising engineer” is to be construed as including the nominated representative of the supervising engineer under section 26(7)(a) who is acting as such in the event of the supervising engineer being unavailable.