Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Reservoirs (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2015 and comes into force on 20th February 2015.

Appointed day

2.-(1) 20th February 2015 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Reservoirs (Scotland) Act 2011 specified in paragraph (2).

(2) The provisions are-

(a)section 27(a) (panels of reservoir engineers: establishment), in so far as not already in force; and

(b)section 31(1)(a) (consultation with Institution of Civil Engineers).

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 20th February 2015 the provisions of the Reservoirs (Scotland) Act 2011 ("the Act") listed in article 2. In particular, these provisions require the Scottish Ministers to establish one or more panels of reservoir engineers for the purposes of the Act.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS

(This note is not part of the Order)

Sections 1, 2, 3, 7 and 114 to 116 of the Act came into force on 13th April 2011 in accordance with section 2 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10). The following provisions were brought into force by an earlier commencement order as follows:-