# The Water Abstraction and Impounding (Exemptions) Regulations 2017, Regulation 8: Abstraction within a managed wetland system


The restriction on abstraction does not apply to any abstraction of water within a managed wetland system if the abstraction is for the sole purpose of the management, operation or maintenance of water levels or flows in that managed wetland system.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1044/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-abstraction-and-impounding-exemptions-regulations-2017/regulation-8
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