Abstraction in the course of dredgingE+W
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7.—(1) The restriction on abstraction does not apply to any abstraction of water in the course of dredging —
(a)in inland waters downstream of the normal tidal limit, or
(b)in inland waters upstream of the normal tidal limit, if that dredging is carried out by, or on behalf of, any authority in the exercise of its functions in those inland waters.
(2) In paragraph (1)(b), “authority” means the Environment Agency, the Natural Resources Body for Wales, a navigation authority, a harbour authority, a conservancy authority, an internal drainage board or a local authority.