The Water Abstraction (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017

Register of licences

7.—(1) The register required to be kept by the appropriate agency under section 189 must contain, for each application for a licence submitted in accordance with this Part—

(a) the name and address of the applicant;

(b) the date of the application and brief particulars of its proposals;

(c) particulars of any decision of the appropriate agency or the appropriate authority on the application (including the decision on any appeal) and the date of that decision;

(d) the date of any licence granted;

(e) the date on which that licence expires;

(f) the particulars of any notice of appeal.

(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), the appropriate agency must enter in the register—

(a) the information referred to in paragraph (1)(a) and (1)(b) within 28 days of determining that the application is a valid application (as defined in paragraph 5 of the Schedule);

(b) the information referred to in paragraph (1)(c) to (1)(e) within 28 days of a decision on an application;

(c) the information referred to in paragraph (1)(f) within 28 days of receiving a notice of appeal.

(3) If any of the information in paragraph (1) falls to be determined under section 191A (national security)(1) and the appropriate authority determines that it should be included in the register, the appropriate agency must enter it within 28 days of receiving notice of that determination.

(4) If any of the information in paragraph (1) falls to be determined under section 191B (exclusion from registers of certain confidential information)(2) and is determined not to be commercially confidential, the appropriate agency must enter it in the register—

(a) if no notice of appeal is served, within 28 days of the end of the period within which notice of appeal against that determination may be served;

(b) if a notice of appeal is served, within 28 days of the date on which the appropriate agency receives notification of the determination or withdrawal of the appeal.

(5) The appropriate agency must record in the register the date each entry is made.

(6) The appropriate agency may keep the register, or any part of it, electronically.

(1)

Section 191A was inserted by paragraph 170 of Schedule 22 to the 1995 Act and amended by S.I. 2013/755 (W. 90).

(2)

Section 191B was inserted by paragraph 170 of Schedule 22 to the 1995 Act and was amended by S.I. 2010/675 and 2013/755 (W. 90).