UK Statutory Instrument SI 2013 England

The Reservoirs Act 1975 (Capacity, Registration, Prescribed Forms, etc.) (England) Regulations 2013

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Made under
Reservoirs Act 1975
Enforced by
Environment Agency
Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Statutory Undertaker4 Any Person3 Contractor1

Plus 3 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.003 Calculation of capacity of a large raised reservoir (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Calculate and record the water storage capacity of your reservoirStatutory Undertaker
s.004 Registration requirements (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Register your large raised reservoir with the Environment AgencyStatutory Undertaker
s.006 Keeping and inspection of the English register (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Environment Agency must maintain and provide access to the reservoir registerStatutory regulator
s.008 Reports by the Agency to the Secretary of State (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Environment Agency must report on reservoir safety and complianceStatutory regulator
s.009 Records of water levels etc. (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Maintain prescribed records for high-risk reservoirsAny Person
s.010 Forms of certificates of engineers (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Use prescribed forms for reservoir engineer certificatesAny Person
s.011 Forms of reports of engineers (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Use prescribed forms for reservoir engineer reportsContractor
s.012 Forms of directions of engineers (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Engineers must use standard forms for reservoir directionsAny Person
s.013 Prescribed information under section 21(1) to be provided by undertakers when intending to construct or bring back into use a large raised reservoir (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Provide specific information when building or restoring a large reservoirStatutory Undertaker
s.014 Reports to the Agency (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Report incidents of uncontrolled water release to the Environment AgencyStatutory Undertaker
s.015 Review (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must review reservoir regulations every five yearsCrown / Minister / Government department
5 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation, commencement, extent and application (opens in a new tab)
s.002 Interpretation
s.005 Notification of changes to the English register
s.007 The English register: transitional arrangements (opens in a new tab)
s.016 Revocations (opens in a new tab)
Schedules

Schedules

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21 other schedules
s.002 Prescribed form of record for a high-risk reservoir (opens in a new tab)
s.005 Reports (opens in a new tab)
s.sch001 Name and situation of reservoir.
s.sch001 Whether the large raised reservoir is designated as high-risk.
s.sch001 National grid reference of reservoir.
s.sch001 Name and address of undertakers.
s.sch001 A summary of the contents of all certificates or reports...
s.sch001 The following information if it is revealed by any certificate,...
s.sch001 Name and business address of the supervising engineer or, if...
s.sch001 Date when the next inspection is due under the 1975...
s.sch001 Particulars of any appointment made by the Agency under section...
s.sch001 Particulars of any appointment made by the Agency under section...
s.sch003 Interpretation
s.sch003 Prescribed matters
s.sch007 Name and address of undertakers serving notice.
s.sch007 Name and situation of reservoir.
s.sch007 National grid reference of approximate centre of the reservoir.
s.sch007 Whether the undertakers intend— (a) to construct a new large...
s.sch007 The date when it is intended that construction will commence...
s.sch007 Name and address of the construction engineer or, in the...
s.sch007 The following information about the reservoir as it will be...

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Connected legislation

The wider family of instruments made under the same parent Act.

The Flood Risk (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2011 SI 2011/2880 Welsh Statutory Instrument

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