[27A Variation of small quantity threshold]
Water Resources Act 1991 (1991 c 57) | Legislation

[27A  Variation of small quantity threshold]

[(1)     The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument provide that section 27(1) above is to have effect in relation to—

(a)     a geographical area; or

(b)     a class of inland waters; or

(c)     a class of underground strata; or

(d)     a class of inland waters or of underground strata within a geographical area,

(in each case as specified in the order) as if for “twenty cubic metres” there were substituted another quantity specified in the order.

(2)     The Secretary of State shall not make such an order except upon the application of the [appropriate

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