Statutory Instruments

1988 No. 69

WATER, ENGLAND AND WALES

WATER SUPPLY, SCOTLAND

The Reservoirs Act 1975 (Application Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1988

Made

19th January 1988

Coming into force

10th February 1988

The Secretary of State for the Environment as respects England, the Secretary of State for Wales as respects Wales and the Secretary of State for Scotland as respects Scotland, in exercise of their powers under sections 4(2) and 5 of the Reservoirs Act 1975(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Reservoirs Act 1975 (Application Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 10th February 1988.

Application fees

2.-(1) In regulation 2(2) of the Reservoirs Act 1975 (Supervising Engineers Panel) (Applications and Fees) Regulations 1984(2) (fee for appointment to the Supervising Engineers Panel), for "£95" substitute "£120".

(2) In regulation 2(2) of the Reservoirs Act 1975 (All Reservoirs Panel) (Applications and Fees) Regulations 1985(3) and regulation 3(2) of the Reservoirs Act 1975 (Non-Impounding and Service Reservoirs Panels) (Applications and Fees) Regulations 1985(4) (fees for appointment to the All Reservoirs Panel and to the Non-Impounding and Service Reservoirs Panels), for "£130" substitute "£155".

Revocation

3. The Reservoirs Act 1975 (Application Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1986(5) are hereby revoked.

Nicholas Ridley

Secretary of State for the Environment

11th January 1988

Peter Walker

Secretary of State for Wales

18th January 1988

James Douglas-Hamilton

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

19th January 1988

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The Reservoirs Act 1975 (Supervising Engineers Panel) (Applications and Fees) Regulations 1984, the Reservoirs Act 1975 (All Reservoirs Panel) (Applications and Fees) Regulations 1985 and the Reservoirs Act 1975 (Non-Impounding and Service Reservoirs Panels) (Applications and Fees) Regulations 1985 prescribed the fees which are to accompany applications by civil engineers to become members of the panels constituted for the purposes of the Reservoirs Act 1975. Those fees have been increased by the Reservoirs Act 1975 (Application Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1986.

These Regulations provide for those fees to be increased from £95 to £120 for the Supervising Engineers Panel and from £130 to £155 for all the other panels.

(1)

1975 c. 23.

(2)

S.I. 1984/1874; regulation 2(2) was amended by S.I. 1986/853.

(3)

S.I. 1985/175; regulation 2(2) was amended by S.I. 1986/853.

(4)

S.I. 1985/1086; regulation 3(2) was amended by S.I. 1986/853.

(5)

S.I. 1986/853.