Regulation 2 Amendment of the Water Abstraction and Impoundment (Licensing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

The Water Abstraction and Impoundment (Licensing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006^f1 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6).

After regulation 9, insert the following regulation–

“9A.

(1)

The Department shall, within 14 days of receipt of an application under regulation 8, serve notice of that application on every water undertaker.

(2)

A water undertaker may make representations in writing to the Department within 28 days from the date on which the notice under paragraph (1) was served.”.

In regulation 10(2)(b) for “regulation 9(4)” substitute “regulations 9(4) and 9A(2)”.

In regulation 13(3) for “Regulations 9 and 10(2)” substitute “Regulations 9,9A and 10(2)”.

In regulation 17, for paragraph (1) substitute the following paragraph—

“(1)

For the purposes of considering representations made—

(a)

under regulation 9 and under that regulation as applied by regulations 13 and 15; and

(b)

under regulation 9A(2),

the Department may direct the Appeals Commission to hold a public local inquiry.”.

In Schedule 4, in paragraph 3, for “Regulations 9 and 19” substitute “Regulations 9, 9A and 19”.