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 [F1regulation 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.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 14(1)(b) substituted (17.9.2018 for E. and 17.12.2018 for W.) by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/942), regs. 1(2), 35(3) and The Environment, Planning and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1216), regs. 1(3), 16(3)