Paragraph 12 I1
England and Wales
For the purposes of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Water Resources Act 1991f1 (abstraction and impounding of water), section 109 of that Act (as to structures in, over or under watercourses) and Part 4 of the Eels (England and Wales) Regulations 2009f2 (passage of eels) as applying to the construction of any specified work, any consent or approval given or deemed to be given by the Agency under this Schedule with respect to such construction is deemed also to constitute a licence under that Chapter to obstruct or impede the flow of inland waters at that point by means of impounding works, to constitute a consent or approval under section 109 and to discharge any liability on the promoter to carry out anything under regulation 14 of the Eels (England and Wales) Regulations 2009, as the case may be.
Annotations
Commencement
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Sch. 16 para. 12 in force at 22.8.2013, see art. 1
Footnotes
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