PART 1Introduction
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Water Abstraction (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st January 2018.
Interpretation2
1
In these Regulations—
“the 2006 Regulations” means the Water Resources (Abstraction and Impounding) Regulations 2006 M1;
“the appropriate authority” means—
- a
in relation to England, the Secretary of State;
- b
in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
- a
“licence” means a licence to abstract water under Chapter 2 of Part 2.
2
In these Regulations—
a
any reference to a provision is, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a provision of the Water Resources Act 1991;
b
any reference to an application for a licence includes a reference to an application for a variation of an existing licence;
c
any reference to the grant or refusal of a licence includes a reference to a grant or refusal of a variation of an existing licence.