# Water Abstraction and Impoundment (Licensing) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, Regulation 3: Exemptions

Extent: N.I.

(1) These Regulations shall not apply to a person who—
(a) holds a licence under Article 10(1)(a) of the Electricity (NI) Order 1992 (licences to supply electricity etc); and
(b) is acting in accordance with an authorisation obtained from the Department under paragraph 2 of Schedule 5 to that Order (abstraction, diversion and use of water for hydro-electric generating stations).
(2) Regulation 4 shall not apply—
(a) to the doing of anything for—
(i) extinguishing fires;
(ii) protecting life and property in the event of fire; or
(iii) for the purpose of testing apparatus used for either of those purposes or for training or practice in the use of such apparatus; and
(b) to any abstraction by machinery or apparatus installed on a vessel, where the water is abstracted for use on that, or any other, vessel.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/482/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-abstraction-and-impoundment-licensing-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-3
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