Explanatory Notes

The Act – Section by Section

Part 1 – Reservoirs

Chapter 9 – Civil Enforcement, Emergency Powers and Further Offences

Section 72 – Offences under section 42(1)(d) and 52(1)(c): further remedies

107.Section 72 enables the court, where a manager has committed an offence through failure to comply with directions in either a safety or inspection report, to order the reservoir manager to comply with the direction and to undertake any mitigating or remedial work deemed appropriate. Subsection (3) enables the court to extend the period for undertaking such work.