{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/south-east-water-limited-river-ouse-and-shell-brook-drought-order-2025/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/south-east-water-limited-river-ouse-and-shell-brook-drought-order-2025/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2025/1266",
  "legislation_title": "The South East Water Limited (River Ouse and Shell Brook) Drought Order 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/south-east-water-limited-river-ouse-and-shell-brook-drought-order-2025",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Modification of authorisation to abstract water from the River Ouse at Barcombe",
  "text": "While this Order is in force, Schedule 2 to the Licence is modified as follows—\n(a) subject to paragraph (b), for the table at point 1 (Of the Natural Flow) in the section headed “MAXIMUM QUANTITY OF WATER TO BE ABSTRACTED” substitute the following table:\nCondition\nQuantity Authorised Daily\nIf Natural Flow < 15,000m3 per day\nNil\nIf Natural Flow > 15,000m3 but < 40,000m3 per day\nThe amount by which Natural Flow exceeds 15,000m3 per day\nIf Natural Flow > 40,000m3 but < 184,888m3 per day\n25,000m3 per day +45% of the amount by which Natural Flow exceeds 40,000m3 per day, up to a maximum of 90,200m3 per day\nIf Natural Flow > 184,888m3 per day\n90,200m3 per day\n(b) If the level of the Ardingly Reservoir falls below 45.7 metres Above Ordnance Datum, equating to a useable storage of less than 500 megalitres, for the table at point 1 (Of the Natural Flow) in the section headed “MAXIMUM QUANTITY OF WATER TO BE ABSTRACTED” substitute the following table:\nCondition\nQuantity Authorised Daily\nIf Natural Flow < 10,000m3 per day\nNil\nIf Natural Flow > 10,000m3 but < 40,000m3 per day\nThe amount by which Natural Flow exceeds 10,000m3 per day\nIf Natural Flow > 40,000m3 but < 173,777m3 per day\n30,000m3 per day +45% of the amount by which Natural Flow exceeds 40,000m3 per day, up to a maximum of 90,200m3 per day\nIf Natural Flow > 173,777m3 per day\n90,200m3 per day",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1266/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:08:51.970965+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}