{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reservoirs-act-1975-referees-appointment-and-procedure-rules-1986/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reservoirs-act-1975-referees-appointment-and-procedure-rules-1986/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1986/467",
  "legislation_title": "The Reservoirs Act 1975 (Referees) (Appointment and Procedure) Rules 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reservoirs-act-1975-referees-appointment-and-procedure-rules-1986",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointment of referee",
  "text": "(1) A referee may be appointed under section 19 of the Reservoirs Act 1975 by agreement between the undertakers and the engineer making the recommendation complained of within 40 days after the day on which the undertakers receive the report containing the recommendation or a copy of it.\n(2) In default of agreement, a request may be made to the Secretary of State to appoint a referee within 50 days after the day on which the undertakers receive the report or a copy of it.\n(3) A request for the Secretary of State to appoint a referee shall be made in writing and shall be sent, together with a copy of the report and a statement indicating the recommendation in respect of which the appointment is requested, to—\n(a) the Secretary of State for the Environment, if the reservoir, or the greater part of it, is in England;\n(b) the Secretary of State for Wales if it, or the greater part of it, is in Wales; or\n(c) the Secretary of State for Scotland if it, or the greater part of it, is in Scotland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rules revoked (E.) (30.7.2013) by The Reservoirs Act 1975 (Referees) (Appointment, Procedure and Costs) (England) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/1676), rules 1(1), 5; and revoked (S.) (1.4.2016) by The Reservoirs (Scotland) Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/43), reg. 1(1), sch. 19"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 2 in force at 1.4.1986, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/467/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:52:07.861786+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."
}