Commentary Arrangements for civil protection: charges
334.Paragraph 37 inserts section 22D in the Reservoirs Act 1975. This section allows Category 1 responders (as listed in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Civil Contingencies Act 2004) to charge an undertaker a fee in accordance with a scheme prescribed by regulations made by the Minister. The purpose of such a scheme is to enable Category 1 responders to charge fees in respect of the costs they incur in carrying out functions under section 2 of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 in connection with large raised reservoirs.