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Environment Act 1995
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- The Water Resources Act 1991
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- Act amendment to earlier affecting provision SI 1999/672 Sch. 1 by 2003 c. 37 s. 100(5)-(7)
- Act modified by S.I. 2006/1379 reg. 18
- Act power to amend conferred by 2010 c. 29 s. 28
- Blanket amendment text amended by S.I. 2011/1043 art. 3 4
- Blanket amendment text amended by S.I. 2011/1043 art. 3 6
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):
- s. 11A(1) text amended by 2006 c. 16 s. 62 Sch. 12
- s. 16A 16B inserted by 2003 c. 37 s. 67
- s. 16A(6) repealed by S.I. 2007/1388 Sch. 1 para. 46
- s. 18A inserted by 2003 c. 37 s. 66(2)
- s. 41A inserted by S.I. 2005/925 Sch. 6 para. 1(2)
- s. 41A heading words substituted by S.I. 2011/2911 Sch. para. 23(a)
- s. 41A(1) words omitted by S.I. 2011/2911 Sch. para. 23(b)
- s. 41A(2)(a) words inserted by S.I. 2011/2911 Sch. para. 23(c)
- s. 41A(5) words inserted by S.I. 2011/2911 Sch. para. 23(d)
- s. 41A(6)(a) words inserted by S.I. 2011/2911 Sch. para. 23(e)
- s. 41A(7) substituted by S.I. 2011/2911 Sch. para. 23(f)
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Commencement Orders bringing provisions within this Act into force:
- S.I. 2006/934 art. 2 commences (1995 c. 25)
- S.S.I. 2003/206 art. 2 commences (1995 c. 25)
- S.S.I. 2004/541 art. 2 commences (1995 c. 25)
Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Act into force:
- S.I. 2003/272 art. 2 commences (2000 c. 37)
- S.I. 2003/2938 art. 2-7 commences (2003 c. 26)
- S.I. 2003/3034 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 26)
- S.I. 2004/641 art. 2-5 commences (2003 c. 37)
- S.I. 2004/690 art. 2-4 commences (2003 c. 38)
- S.I. 2004/910 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 37)
- S.I. 2004/999 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 38)
- S.I. 2004/2097 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 5)
- S.I. 2004/2202 art. 2 3 commences (2004 c. 5)
- S.I. 2004/2528 art. 2-3 commences (2003 c. 37)
- S.I. 2004/2916 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 37)
- S.I. 2005/2847 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 5)
- S.I. 2005/2896 art. 2 3 commences (2005 c. 16)
- S.I. 2006/768 art. 2-4 commences (2005 c. 16)
- S.I. 2006/984 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 37)
- S.I. 2006/2541 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 16)
- S.I. 2006/3257 art. 2 commences (2000 c. 37)
- S.I. 2007/456 art. 2 3 commences (2006 c. 26)
- S.I. 2007/816 art. 2 3 commences (2006 c. 16)
- S.I. 2007/1021 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 37)
- S.I. 2007/2386 art. 2 3 commences (2006 c. 26)
- S.I. 2007/2584 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 26)
- S.I. 2007/3136 art. 2 commences (2007 c. 28)
- S.I. 2008/172 art. 2-9 commences (2007 c. 28)
- S.I. 2008/917 art. 2-5 commences (2007 c. 28)
- S.I. 2008/1960 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 26)
- S.I. 2009/3250 art. 2 commences (2007 c. 29)
- S.I. 2009/3318 art. 2-4 commences (2009 c. 20)
- S.I. 2009/3345 art. 2 commences (2009 c. 23)
- S.I. 2010/298 art. 2 Sch. commences (2009 c. 23)
- S.I. 2010/630 art. 3 commences (2009 c. 23)
- S.I. 2010/2169 art. 3-5 commences (2010 c. 29)
- S.I. 2011/556 art. 1-3 commences (2009 c. 23)
- S.I. 2011/694 art. 3 4 commences (2010 c. 29)
- S.I. 2011/2204 art. 3 4 commences (2010 c. 29)
- S.I. 2011/2460 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 26)
- S.I. 2011/2896 art. 2 commences (2011 c. 20)
- S.S.I. 2004/495 art. 2 commences (2004 asp 6)
- S.S.I. 2009/319 art. 2 Sch. 1 commences (2008 asp 5)
- S.S.I. 2009/341 art. 2 commences (2009 asp 12)
- S.S.I. 2009/393 art. 2 Sch. commences (2009 asp 6)
- S.S.I. 2010/221 art. 3 commences (2010 asp 8)
The Water Resources Act 1991E+W+S
20Notwithstanding any provision restricting the power of the Agency to grant a licence under Chapter II of Part II of the M1Water Resources Act 1991 (abstracting or impounding of water), or the power of the Secretary of State to direct the Agency to grant such a licence, the Agency may grant, and the Secretary of State may direct it to grant, such licences as are necessary to ensure that water may continue to be abstracted or impounded by or on behalf of the Crown in the manner in which, and to the extent to which,—E+W+S
(a)it may be so abstracted or impounded immediately before the coming into force of sub-paragraph (4) of paragraph 2 of Schedule 21 to this Act in relation to that Chapter, or
(b)it has been so abstracted or impounded at any time in the period of five years immediately preceding the coming into force of that sub-paragraph in relation to that Chapter.
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21(1)This paragraph applies to any consent—E+W+S
(a)which was given under paragraph 2 of Schedule 10 to the M2Water Resources Act 1991 (discharge consents), as in force before the transfer date; and
(b)which is in force immediately before that date.
(2)On and after the transfer date, a consent to which this paragraph applies—
(a)shall, for so long as it would have continued in force apart from this Act, have effect as a consent given under paragraph 3 of Schedule 10 to that Act, as substituted by this Act, subject to the same conditions as were attached to the consent immediately before the transfer date; and
(b)shall—
(i)during the period of six months beginning with the transfer date, not be limited to discharges by any particular person but extend to discharges made by any person; and
(ii)after that period, extend, but be limited, to discharges made by any person who before the end of that period gives notice to the Agency that he proposes to rely on the consent after that period.
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