The Water Abstraction (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017

Scope of this Part

8.—(1) This Part applies to a person who applies for a licence under these Regulations.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to—

(a) a Minister of the Crown, where “Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975(1);

(b) the Welsh Ministers;

(c) a public body (including a government department, a local authority and a local planning authority);

(d) a person holding an office—

(i) under the Crown,

(ii) created or continued in existence by a public general Act, or

(iii) the remuneration in respect of which is paid out of money provided by Parliament;

(e) a person who is or is deemed to be a statutory undertaker for the purposes of any provision of Part 11 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(2).

(3) In paragraph (2)—

“local authority” means—

(a)

in relation to England, a county council, a district council, a parish council, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

(b)

in relation to Wales, a county council, a county borough council or a community council;

“local planning authority” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(3).

(1)

1975 c. 26.

(2)

1990 c. 8.

(3)

The definition of “local planning authority” was amended by section 18(3) and (4) of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19) and section 31(1) of the Greater London Authority Act 2007 (c. 24).