{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bridgwater-tidal-barrier-order-2022/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bridgwater-tidal-barrier-order-2022/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2022/299",
  "legislation_title": "The Bridgwater Tidal Barrier Order 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/bridgwater-tidal-barrier-order-2022",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "River not to be a reservoir",
  "text": "(1) A body of water or any area or structure capable of storing water created by or in consequence of—\n(a) construction or operation of any of the scheduled works, or\n(b) overtopping of the downstream defences,\nis not a reservoir for the purposes of section A1 of the Reservoirs Act 1975 (“large raised reservoir” England and Wales).\n(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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1975 c. 23. Section A1 was inserted by section 33 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (c. 29)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/299/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:02:34.939105+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}