Transitional provision regarding managed wetland systemsE+W
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14.—(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 regulation 99(2) of the 2010 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.