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[F1Abstraction and impounding of waterN.I.

20.(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Department may by regulations make such provision as appears to it to be expedient for the purpose of—

(a)controlling, restricting or prohibiting the abstraction of water from underground strata or waterways;

(b)controlling, restricting or prohibiting the construction, alteration or operation of any impounding works.

(2) Regulations under paragraph (1) shall not apply to a person who—

(a)holds a licence under Article 10(1)(a) of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (licences to supply electricity, etc.); and

(b)is acting in accordance with an authorisation obtained from the Department under paragraph 2 of Schedule 5 to that Order (abstraction, diversion and use of water for hydro-electric generating stations).

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), regulations under that paragraph may include provision—

(a)prohibiting the abstraction of water except in pursuance of a licence granted by the Department and in accordance with the provisions of that licence;

(b)prohibiting the construction, alteration or operation of impounding works except in pursuance of a licence granted by the Department and in accordance with the provisions of that licence;

(c)for the issue, variation, transfer, review, surrender, suspension or revocation by the Department of any such licence as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b);

(d)as to the manner in which applications for the issue, variation, transfer, surrender or revocation of any such licence as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) are to be dealt with, including provision requiring the giving of notices of, and information relating to, the making of such applications or decisions on any such applications;

(e)for authorising or requiring the carrying out of works by a person carrying on an activity mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) or (b), including provision—

(i)for access to, and the carrying out of such works on, land owned or occupied by another person;

(ii)for, or in connection with, the payment of compensation to that other person;

(f)for, and in connection with, the holding of public local inquiries in prescribed circumstances;

(g)for the payment, in such circumstances as may be prescribed, of compensation where any such licence as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) is varied, suspended, or revoked;

(h)for appeals to the Appeals Commission against prescribed decisions of the Department taken under or for the purposes of the regulations (including provision applying with or without modification any statutory provision relating to appeals to that Commission);

(i)for ensuring the taking of steps by way of preventative or remedial action where there is a contravention of any of the regulations, including provision—

(i)enabling the Department to require prescribed persons to take such steps;

(ii)for the enforcement by the Department of any such requirement;

(iii)for the taking of those steps by the Department in prescribed circumstances;

(iv)in relation to the bearing or recovery of the cost of taking any such steps;

(j)creating offences punishable —

(i)on summary conviction, with a fine not exceeding £20,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, with a fine not exceeding £200 for each day during which the offence is continued after conviction;

(ii)on indictment, with a fine or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years, or both; and

(k)conferring on courts power, on conviction of a person of such an offence, to order the taking by that person of steps by way of remedial action.

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(5) References in this Article to a waterway shall not include references to any adit or passage constructed in connection with a well, borehole or other similar work for facilitating the collection of water in the well, borehole or work.

(6) Any reference in this Article to the doing of anything in pursuance of such a licence as is mentioned in paragraph (3)(a) or (b) is a reference to its being done—

(a)by the holder of such a licence; or

(b)by a person acting as a servant or agent of, or otherwise under the authority of, the holder of such a licence,

at a time when the licence is in force and in circumstances such that, if no such licence were in force, the doing of that thing would contravene a restriction imposed by regulations made under this Article.

(7) In this Article and in Article 21, “impounding works” means—

(a)any dam, weir or other works in any waterway by which water may be impounded; and

(b)any works for diverting the flow of any waterway in connection with the construction or alteration of any such dam, weir or other works.]

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