{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reservoirs-scotland-act-2011/section-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reservoirs-scotland-act-2011/section-31.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2011/9",
  "legislation_title": "Reservoirs (Scotland) Act 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reservoirs-scotland-act-2011",
  "path": "section/31",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Consultation with Institution of Civil Engineers",
  "text": "(1) The Scottish Ministers must consult the President of the Institution of Civil Engineers (or, if that Institution appoints a committee for the purpose, that committee), before—\n(a) establishing a panel under section 27,\n(b) making an order under that section,\n(c) making an appointment to a panel under that section,\n(d) removing an engineer from a panel under section 28(4),\n(e) dissolving a panel under section 29(1),\n(f) directing that an engineer is no longer entitled to act under section 29(4),\n(g) making a decision in a review under section 30.\n(2) The Scottish Ministers may reimburse the Institution of Civil Engineers for any expenses incurred by it by virtue of this section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 31(1)(a) in force at 20.2.2015 by S.S.I. 2015/43, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 31(1)(b)(2) in force at 1.1.2015 by S.S.I. 2014/348, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 31(1)(c)-(g) in force at 1.4.2015 by S.S.I. 2015/63, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2011/9/section/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:05.826745+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."
}