{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reservoirs-act-1975/section-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reservoirs-act-1975/section-14.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1975/23",
  "legislation_title": "Reservoirs Act 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reservoirs-act-1975",
  "path": "section/14",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Abandonment of large raised reservoirs.",
  "text": "(1) Where the use of a large raised reservoir as a reservoir is to be abandoned, the undertakers shall obtain from a qualified civil engineer a report as to the measures (if any) that ought to be taken in the interests of safety to secure that the reservoir is incapable of filling accidentally or naturally with water above the natural level of any part of the land adjoining the reservoir or is only capable of doing so to an extent that does not constitute a risk.\n(2) Where the report of an engineer under this section makes any recommendation as to measures to be taken in the interests of safety, then subject to any reference of the matter to a referee in accordance with this Act the undertakers obtaining the report shall, within the period specified in the report, carry the recommendation into effect; and if the recommendation involves any alteration of the reservoir, section 13 above shall apply accordingly.\n(3) The engineer from whom a report is obtained under this section shall give with it a certificate stating that the report does or does not make recommendations for measures to be taken in the interests of safety.\n(4) Where it appears to the enforcement authority, in the case of any large raised reservoir,—\n(a) that the use of the reservoir as a reservoir has been abandoned but that a report has not been obtained as required by this section; or\n(b) that a report obtained under this section includes a recommendation as to measures to be taken in the interests of safety that has not been carried into effect as required by this section;\nthe authority may by written notice served on the undertakers require them within twenty-eight days after the date when the notice is served to appoint a qualified civil engineer to make the report under this section, unless an appointment has already been made, and (in either case) to notify the authority of the appointment or, as the case may be, require them to carry the recommendation into effect within a time specified in the notice.\nReferences in this subsection, and in any other provision of this Act as it operates in relation thereto, to the enforcement authority or to the undertakers shall have effect as at the time when the use of the reservoir as such is abandoned.\n(5) Where an enforcement authority propose to serve a notice under subsection (4) above requiring undertakers to carry a recommendation into effect, the authority shall consult as to the time to be specified in the notice a civil engineer, who, if the recommendation involves any alteration of the reservoir, shall be a qualified civil engineer for the purpose of supervising the alteration under section 13 above.\n(6) The Minister may by regulations make provision about what is and is not to be treated for the purposes of this Act as—\n(a) abandonment of use of a large raised reservoir as a reservoir, and\n(b) bringing a large raised reservoir back into use as a reservoir.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Act repealed (S.) (1.4.2016) by Reservoirs (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 9), ss. 8(2), 116(1) (with s. 110); S.S.I. 2016/42, art. 2, sch. (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 14(2) substituted (1.10.2011 for specified purposes, 30.7.2013 for E. so far as not already in force, 1.4.2016 for W. in so far as not already in force) by Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (c. 29), s. 49(3), Sch. 4 para. 27(2) (with s. 49(1)(6)); S.I. 2011/2204, art. 3(1)(e); S.I. 2013/1590, art. 3(b); S.I. 2016/79, art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 14(6) added (1.10.2011 for specified purposes, 30.7.2013 for E. so far as not already in force, 1.4.2016 for W. in so far as not already in force) by Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (c. 29), s. 49(3), Sch. 4 para. 27(3) (with s. 49(1)(6)); S.I. 2011/2204, art. 3(1)(e); S.I. 2013/1590, art. 3(b); S.I. 2016/79, art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 12–14 modified by S.I. 1986/466, art. 2(2), Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/23/section/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:38:46.822572+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."
}