PART 4Miscellaneous

Existing licences for abstraction13

A licence to abstract water granted under Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the 1991 Act M1 ceases to have effect to the extent that it authorises an activity falling within regulation 7 or 8.

Annotations:
Marginal Citations
M1

Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Water Resources Act 1991 was amended by Part 1 of the Water Act 2003.

Transitional provision regarding managed wetland systems14

1

Paragraph (2) applies where—

a

a person has, in the seven years prior to the coming into force of these Regulations, abstracted water from a managed wetland system for the sole purpose of the management, operation or maintenance of water levels or flows in that managed wetland system, and

b

written consent under F1regulation 99(2) of the 2010 RegulationsF1regulation 102(2) of the 2017 Regulations is required for that abstraction.

2

The person may continue that abstraction in paragraph (1) until—

a

the date an application for such consent to that abstraction is determined by the appropriate agency, or

b

if no such application is submitted, 31st December 2019.