{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reservoirs-act-northern-ireland-2015/section-53",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reservoirs-act-northern-ireland-2015/section-53.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2015/8",
  "legislation_title": "Reservoirs Act (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reservoirs-act-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "section/53",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": "Offences: failure to comply with safety direction in safety report, preliminary certificate or final certificate",
  "text": "(1) Failure by a reservoir manager of a controlled reservoir without lawful excuse to comply with any of the following requirements under this Part is an offence—\n(a) the requirements in section 46(1) (ensuring compliance with direction in safety report as to taking of safety measure),\n(b) the requirements in section 50 (ensuring compliance with preliminary certificate or final certificate).\n(2) A reservoir manager guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or to a fine, or to both,\n(b) on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both.\n(3) Section 74 makes provision as to further remedies available on conviction of an offence referred to in subsection (1)(a).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2015/8/section/53",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:11.423522+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."
}