C3 Part II Water Resources Management

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C3

Pt. II: transfer of functions to the Environment Agency (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 2(1)(a)(i) (with ss. 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3

C1C2C4C5C7C8C9C10C11C12C13 Chapter II ABSTRACTION AND IMPOUNDING

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C1

Chapter II of Part II excluded (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 6(3) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3

C2

Chapter II of Part II modified (18.12.1996) by 1996 c. 61, s. 52, Sch. 15 Pt. III para. 11

C8

Pt. II Ch. II modified (22.7.2008) by Crossrail Act 2008 (c. 18), Sch. 17 para. 11

Form, contents and effect of licences

C646AF1Limited extension of abstraction licence validity

1

If the condition in subsection (2) below is met, a full licence or a transfer licence whose term exceeded twelve months but whose expiry date (“the expiry date”) has passed shall be treated for all the purposes of this Act as not expiring until the date mentioned in subsection (4) below.

2

The condition is that the F2appropriate agency receives, not later than the beginning of the period of three months ending on the expiry date (or such later date before the expiry date as the F2appropriate agency agrees), a valid application for a new licence—

a

for abstraction from the same point as the abstraction licensed by the expiring licence;

b

whose holder would be the same as the holder of the expiring licence; and

c

which would take effect immediately after the expiry date.

3

For the purposes of subsection (2) above, a “valid” application is one which complies with all the requirements of this Act in relation to the making of applications for licences of the type in question.

4

The date referred to in subsection (1) above is whichever is the later of—

a

if a new licence is granted (whether or not on the terms applied for), the date on which it takes effect;

b

otherwise—

i

except where the Secretary of State calls in an application under section 41 above, the expiry of the period for appealing under section 43 above, or if an appeal is brought, the date of its withdrawal; or

ii

where the Secretary of State decides (under section 42 or 44 above) that no licence is to be granted, the date on which that decision is notified to the applicant.