# The Reservoirs Act 1975 (Capacity, Registration, Prescribed Forms, etc.) (England) Regulations 2013, Regulation 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W

(1) In these Regulations—
“the 1930 Act” means the Reservoirs (Safety Provisions) Act 1930;
“the 1975 Act” means the Reservoirs Act 1975;
“Agency” means the Environment Agency;
“English register” means the register required to be established and maintained by the Agency under section 2(2) of the 1975 Act;
“lowest natural level of any part of the surrounding land” includes the lowest bed level of any watercourse;
“natural level” is the level of the natural land remaining after the construction or any alteration of a large raised reservoir;
“panel” means a panel of civil engineers constituted under section 4 of the 1975 Act;
“structure” means a dam, reservoir wall or embankment;
“surrounding land” means the land adjacent to a large raised reservoir;
“toe” means the point on the downstream side of a structure forming part of the reservoir where its base meets the lowest natural level of any part of the surrounding land;
“top water level” means—
(a)in the case of a reservoir with a fixed overflow sill, the lowest crest level of that sill;
(b)in the case of a reservoir the overflow from which is controlled wholly or partly by moveable gates, syphons or otherwise, the maximum level to which water may be stored exclusive of any provision for flood storage; or
(c)in the case of a reservoir designed for the purposes of holding back floodwater, the maximum level to which floodwater may be stored during any flood event exclusive of any provision for overflow.
(2) In these Regulations—
(a) any information required or notification given must be in writing;
(b) a reference to any document or information includes that document or information in electronic form;
(c) any document or information communicated by electronic means shall be deemed—
(i) to have been sent where the sender can produce a copy of the electronic communication which—
(aa) contained the document or information;
(bb) shows the time and date the message was sent; and
(cc) shows that the document was sent to the recipient.
(ii) to have been sent by the person from whom it purports to originate; and
(iii) not to have been tampered with or otherwise modified;
(d) any requirement for a signature in a report, certificate or directions to which these Regulations apply may be satisfied by an electronic signature incorporated into the document;
(e) “electronic signature” has the meaning given within Article 3(10) of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1677/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/reservoirs-act-1975-capacity-registration-prescribed-forms-etc-england-regulations-2013/regulation-2
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