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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-abstraction-and-impoundment-licensing-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/schedule-4/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-abstraction-and-impoundment-licensing-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/schedule-4/paragraph-1.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": "schedule/4/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“existing controlled activity” means a controlled activity other than—\n(a) a controlled activity to which regulation 5 applies; or\n(b) a controlled activity to which the Water Resources (Environmental Impact assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 apply,\nwhich—\n(i) is carried on for the period of six months ending on the relevant date; or\n(ii) in cases where the activity is seasonal in nature, was carried on at any time during the months of May to August 2006;\n“relevant date” is the date of the coming into operation of these Regulations; and\n“relevant period” is the period of 12 months beginning with the relevant date.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 1 in operation at 1.2.2007, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/482/schedule/4/paragraph/1",
    "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."
}