PART 1Introduction

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Water Abstraction (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st January 2018.

Interpretation2

1

In these Regulations—

  • “the 2006 Regulations” means the Water Resources (Abstraction and Impounding) Regulations 20063;

  • “the appropriate authority” means—

    1. a

      in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

    2. b

      in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

  • “licence” means a licence to abstract water under Chapter 2 of Part 2.

2

In these Regulations—

a

any reference to a provision is, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a provision of the Water Resources Act 1991;

b

any reference to an application for a licence includes a reference to an application for a variation of an existing licence;

c

any reference to the grant or refusal of a licence includes a reference to a grant or refusal of a variation of an existing licence.