74 Provisions and duration of ordinary drought order
Water Resources Act 1991 (1991 c 57) | Legislation

74  Provisions and duration of ordinary drought order

(1)     An ordinary drought order made on the application of the [appropriate agency] may contain any of the following provisions, that is to say—

(a)     provision authorising the [appropriate agency] (or persons authorised to do so by the [appropriate agency]) to take water from any source specified in the order subject to any conditions or restrictions so specified;

(b)     provision authorising the [appropriate agency] (or persons authorised to do so by the [appropriate agency]) to discharge water to any place specified in the order subject to any conditions or restrictions so specified;

(c)     provision authorising the [appropriate agency] to prohibit or limit the taking by any person (including a water undertaker) of water from a source specified in the order if the [appropriate agency] is satisfied that the taking of water from that source seriously affects the supplies available to the [appropriate agency], any water undertaker or any other person;

(d)     provision suspending or modifying, subject to any conditions specified in the order, any restriction or obligation to which the [appropriate agency], any water undertaker or sewerage undertaker or any other person is subject as respects—

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