PART 2WORKS PROVISIONS

Works and operations in the river

River not to be a reservoir7

1

A body of water or any area or structure capable of storing water created by or in consequence of—

a

construction or operation of any of the scheduled works, or

b

overtopping of the downstream defences,

is not a reservoir for the purposes of section A1 of the Reservoirs Act 197532 (“large raised reservoir” England and Wales).

2

In paragraph (1), “downstream defences” means Work Nos. 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E, 2F, 2G, 2H, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 3E, 4A, 4B, 4C, 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D.