24 Restrictions on abstraction
Water Resources Act 1991 (1991 c 57) | Legislation

Chapter II
Abstraction and Impounding

Restrictions on abstraction and impounding

24  Restrictions on abstraction

(1)     Subject to the following provisions of this Chapter and to any drought order [or drought permit] under Chapter III of this Part, no person shall—

(a)     abstract water from any source of supply; or

(b)     cause or permit any other person so to abstract any water,

except in pursuance of a licence under this Chapter granted by the [appropriate agency] and in accordance with the provisions of that licence.

(2)     Where by virtue of subsection (1) above the abstraction of water

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