The Act – Section by Section Part 1 – Reservoirs Chapter 9 – Civil Enforcement, Emergency Powers and Further Offences Section 75 – Stop notices: compensation
110.This section requires a Ministerial order under section 73 establishing stop notices to allow SEPA to provide financial compensation to a reservoir manager who has been negatively affected by a stop notice. Subsection (2) specifies that this must be ordered by the Scottish Ministers. Subsection (3) allows a reservoir manager to appeal to the Scottish Ministers against either a negative decision to compensate, or against how much money is awarded.