Appointed day2

1st October 2015 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Reservoirs (Scotland) Act 2011—

a

section 18 (provisional risk designation);

b

section 19 (first risk designation);

c

section 20 (periodic review of risk designations);

d

section 21 (decision following a periodic review);

e

section 22(1), (2) and (3) (risk designation and periodic review: matters to be taken into account);

f

section 23(1) to (7) (review of SEPA’s decisions giving risk designations);

g

section 24(1) to (6) (appeal to the Scottish Ministers following SEPA’s review);

h

section 26(1) (high-risk reservoirs, medium risk reservoirs and low-risk reservoirs: further provision); and

i

section 91(2)(b) (powers of entry in relation to risk designation).