The Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992

1.  Without prejudice to Schedule 6 to the Drainage (Northern Ireland) Order 1973F1, a person who holds a licence under Article 10(1)(a) shall not abstract or divert from any waterway and use such water as may be necessary for the purposes of operating a generating station wholly or mainly driven by water unless he has obtained from the Department of the Environment an authorisation to do so.N.I.