The Water Resources (Abstraction and Impounding) Regulations 2006

Modification of Agency licence on application of the Agency

18.  Section 51 (modification of licence on application of licence holder) has effect in relation to an abstraction licence or an impounding licence held by the Agency subject to the following modifications—

(a) for subsection (1) (which provides for the revocation of an abstraction licence or an impounding licence) substitute—

“(1) The Agency may at any time revoke any abstraction licence held by itself.”;

(b) in subsection (1A) (which provides for the revocation of an impounding licence), for “the Agency”, in each place where it occurs, substitute “the Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales (as the case may be)”;

(c) in subsection (1B) (which provides for the imposition of conditions before the revocation of an impounding licence), for “the Agency”, in each place where it occurs, substitute “the Secretary of Sate or the National Assembly for Wales (as the case may be)”;

(d) subsections (1C) to (1G) were omitted; and

(e) for subsection (2) (which provides for the variation of an abstraction licence or an impounding licence) substitute—

“(2) The Agency may—

(a) at any time vary any abstraction licence held by itself, where the variation of the licence is solely for the purpose of reducing the quantity of water authorised to be abstracted in pursuance of that licence during one or more periods;

(b) propose the variation of any abstraction licence held by itself, where the variation is for a purpose other than that mentioned in paragraph (a); or

(c) propose the variation of any impounding licence held by itself.”.