{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-abstraction-and-impoundment-licensing-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-abstraction-and-impoundment-licensing-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2006/482",
  "legislation_title": "Water Abstraction and Impoundment (Licensing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-abstraction-and-impoundment-licensing-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Revocation of licence",
  "text": "(1) The Department may revoke (in whole or in part) a licence—\n(a) where it is satisfied that—\n(i) the revocation is necessary in order to protect the water environment from serious damage; and\n(ii) the damage cannot be avoided by modifying the conditions of the licence; or\n(b) under regulation 45 of the 1995 Regulations as applied by regulation 12 of these Regulations.\n(2) Any revocation of a licence under paragraph (1)(a) or (b) shall be effected by notice served on the holder of the licence.\n(3) A notice under paragraph (2) shall specify—\n(a) in the case of a partial revocation, the extent to which the licence is revoked;\n(b) the date on which the revocation shall take effect which shall be at least 28 days after the date on which the notice under paragraph (2) was served; and\n(c) the reasons for the revocation.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 16 in operation at 1.2.2007, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/482/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:44:02.886135+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."
}