PART 1 E+WIntroduction
Citation and commencementE+W
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Water Abstraction (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st January 2018.
InterpretationE+W
2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the 2006 Regulations” means the Water Resources (Abstraction and Impounding) Regulations 2006 M1;
“the appropriate authority” means—
in relation to England, the Secretary of State;
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
M1S.I. 2006/641, as amended by S.I. 2008/165 and 2013/755 (W. 90).