Explanatory Notes

The Act – Section by Section

Part 1 – Reservoirs

Chapter 1 – Controlled Reservoirs, Reservoir Managers Etc.

Section 8 – The 1975 Act and its repeal

20.The Act replaces the safety regime for reservoirs in Scotland that was provided by the Reservoirs Act 1975 and so section 8(2) repeals the Reservoirs Act 1975 for Scotland.