Article 7 River not to be a reservoir

(1)

A body of water or any area or structure capable of storing water created by or in consequence of—

(a)

construction or operation of any of the scheduled works, or

(b)

overtopping of the downstream defences,

is not a reservoir for the purposes of section A1 of the Reservoirs Act 1975^f1 (“large raised reservoir” England and Wales).

(2)

In paragraph (1), “downstream defences” means Work Nos. 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E, 2F, 2G, 2H, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 3E, 4A, 4B, 4C, 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D.

Annotations

f1: 1975 c. 23. Section A1 was inserted by section 33 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (c. 29).