{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reservoirs-scotland-act-2011/section-59",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reservoirs-scotland-act-2011/section-59.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2011/9",
  "legislation_title": "Reservoirs (Scotland) Act 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reservoirs-scotland-act-2011",
  "path": "section/59",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "59",
  "heading": "Referral to referee: directions in safety report or inspection report",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where—\n(a) a safety report contains a direction by a construction engineer,\n(b) an inspection report contains a direction by an inspecting engineer.\n(2) The reservoir manager to whom the report is given may challenge the direction by referring it to a referee in accordance with regulations made under section 64(1).\n(3) Where a referral is made under subsection (2), the direction is suspended until the reference has been determined or withdrawn.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 59 in force at 1.4.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/42, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2011/9/section/59",
    "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."
}