Paragraph 6 Transfer of consents

A consent under paragraph 3 may be transferred by the Agency to a person who proposes to carry on making the discharges in place of the Agency.

A consent under paragraph 3 above which is transferred to a person under this paragraph shall have effect on and after the date of the transfer as if it had been granted to that person under paragraph 3 of Schedule 10^f1 to the Water Resources Act 1991, subject to such modifications as the Agency may specify in writing.

Where a consent under paragraph 3 above is transferred under sub-paragraph (1) above, the Agency shall give notice of that fact to the Secretary of State.