25 Restrictions on impounding
Water Resources Act 1991 (1991 c 57) | Legislation

25  Restrictions on impounding

[(1)     Subject to the following provisions of this Chapter and to any drought order or drought permit under Chapter 3 of this Part, no person shall—

(a)     begin, or cause or permit any other person to begin, to construct or alter any impounding works at any point in any inland waters which are not discrete waters; or

(b)     cause or permit the flow of any inland waters which are not discrete waters to be obstructed or impeded at any point by means of impounding works,

unless (in either case) the conditions mentioned in subsection (1A) below are satisfied.

(1A)     The conditions are—

(a)     a licence under this Chapter granted by the [appropriate agency] to obstruct or impede the flow of those inland waters at that point by means of impounding works is in force;

(b)     the impounding works will not (or, as the case may be, do not) obstruct or impede the flow of the inland waters except to the extent, and in the manner,

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