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Reservoirs Act 1975 (Capacity, Registration, Prescribed Forms, etc.) (Wales) Regulations 2016 (W.S.I. No. 80 (W. 37) of 2016).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Wales
Document type
Regulation
Date
2016
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Inland waters Waterworks Data collection/reporting Flood Hazards Registration
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

These Regulations provide, for the purposes of the Reservoirs Act 1975, for — (a) how to calculate capacity for the purposes of section A1 of the Reservoirs Act 1975; (b) the information about a large raised reservoir that must be registered; notification of changes to, and the keeping and inspection of, the Welsh register; (c) the making and content of reports by the Natural Resources Body for Wales to the Welsh Ministers; (d) the form of record to be kept for a high-risk reservoir and the information to be given in that record; (e) the form of certificates of engineers; the form of reports of engineers; and the form of directions of engineers; (f) the information to be provided by undertakers when intending to construct or bring back into use a large raised reservoir; and (g) the making of reports by undertakers to the Natural Resources Body in relation to incidents relating to the uncontrolled release of water from a large raised reservoir where emergency measures are taken.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implements

Reservoirs Act 1975 (Cap. 23).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 1975

Keyword: Inland waters, Waterworks, Flood, Inspection, Monitoring, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX