The Reservoirs (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2015

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Reservoirs (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2015 and comes into force on 1st April 2015.

(2) In this Order—

“the Act” means the Reservoirs (Scotland) Act 2011;

“the 1975 Act” means the Reservoirs Act 1975(1);

“1975 Act reservoir” means—

(a)

a controlled reservoir(2) which was, immediately before 1st April 2015, required to be registered in a register maintained under section 2(2) of the 1975 Act; or

(b)

a controlled reservoir which—

(i)

was not, immediately before 1st April 2015, required to be registered in a register maintained under section 2(2) of the 1975 Act; and

(ii)

is, on or after that date, required to be registered in a register maintained under section 2(2) of the 1975 Act; and

“held”, in relation to SEPA, is to be construed in the same way as “held”, in relation to an authority, in section 3(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002(3).

(1)

1975 c.23; section 2(2) of the 1975 Act was relevantly amended by the Water Act 2003 (c.37), section 74(1)(b).

(2)

Sections 1 and 2 of the Reservoirs (Scotland) Act 2011 define what is a “controlled reservoir” for the purposes of the Act.

(3)

2002 asp 13.