Consultation outcome

Reservoir safety in England and Wales: implementation of amendments to the Reservoirs Act 1975

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 22 February 2012
• Last updated: 19 July 2013 — See all updates

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

This consultation has concluded

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Summary of responses to the consultation on the implementation of amendments to the Reservoirs Act 1975

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Report of the consultation on the implementation of amendments to the Reservoirs Act 1975: the policy to be implemented in England

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Detail of outcome

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Original consultation

Summary

A joint consultation by Defra and the Welsh Government on Schedule 4 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 which contains changes to the Reservoirs Act 1975.

This consultation ran from
22 February 2012 to 11:45pm on 17 May 2012

Consultation description

A joint consultation by Defra and the Welsh Government on Schedule 4 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 which contains changes to the Reservoirs Act 1975.

We intend to make changes in two phases:

Phase 1

Changes will come into force for existing large raised reservoirs only.  These are reservoirs that can hold more than 25,000 cubic metres of water above the natural level of the surrounding land;

Phase 2

Changes will come into force for smaller reservoirs that are over a new threshold figure of 10,000 cubic metres of water above the natural level of the surrounding land or any different volume of water specified by the Minister.

Documents

Impact assessment – emission changes table

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Consultation document

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Impact assessment

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Published 22 February 2012
Last updated 19 July 2013 + show all updates

1. 19 July 2013

   Added the document: Report of the Consultation on the Implementation of Amendments to the Reservoirs Act 1975: the policy to be implemented in England

2. 17 July 2013

   Summary of responses published

3. 22 February 2012

   First published.