PART 1 E+WIntroduction

Citation and commencement E+W

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Water Abstraction (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st January 2018.

Interpretation E+W

2.—(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;

“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.

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 2006/641, as amended by S.I. 2008/165 and 2013/755 (W. 90).