Regulation 15 The Water Abstraction (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017I1

In regulation 9 of the Water Abstraction (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017^f1, for paragraph (3) substitute—

“(3)

In paragraph (1), an abstraction of more limited extent does not include—

(a)

a Qn95 hands-off flow constraint on a licence where the licensed abstraction is from a body of inland waters or a body of groundwater where the recent actual flow or quantitative status of the source of supply does not support good ecological potential, good ecological status or good quantitative status, or

(b)

75% of Qn99 hands-off flow constraint on a licence where the licenced abstraction is from a body of inland waters or a body of groundwater where the recent actual flow or quantitative status of the source of supply supports good ecological potential, good ecological status or good quantitative status.”