{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reservoirs-act-1975-registers-reports-and-records-regulations-1985/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reservoirs-act-1975-registers-reports-and-records-regulations-1985/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1985/177",
  "legislation_title": "The Reservoirs Act 1975 (Registers, Reports and Records) Regulations 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reservoirs-act-1975-registers-reports-and-records-regulations-1985",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this order—\n“the Act” means the Reservoirs Act 1975,\n“the Act of 1930” means the Reservoirs (Safety Provisions) Act 1930,\n“lowest natural ground level” means, where relevant, the lowest bed level of any watercourse,\n“top water level” means, in relation to a reservoir with a fixed overflow sill, the lowest crest level of that sill, and for a reservoir the overflow from which is controlled wholly or partly by movable gates, syphons or otherwise, the maximum level to which water may be stored exclusive of any provision for flood storage.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1985/177/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T17:20:25.823681+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."
}