{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-abstraction-transitional-provisions-regulations-2017/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-abstraction-transitional-provisions-regulations-2017/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/1047",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Abstraction (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-abstraction-transitional-provisions-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the 2006 Regulations” means the Water Resources (Abstraction and Impounding) Regulations 2006 ;\n“the appropriate authority” means—\n(a)in relation to England, the Secretary of State;\n(b)in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;\n“licence” means a licence to abstract water under Chapter 2 of Part 2.\n(2) In these Regulations—\n(a) any reference to a provision is, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a provision of the Water Resources Act 1991;\n(b) any reference to an application for a licence includes a reference to an application for a variation of an existing licence;\n(c) any reference to the grant or refusal of a licence includes a reference to a grant or refusal of a variation of an existing licence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/641, as amended by S.I. 2008/165 and 2013/755 (W. 90)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1047/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:07:02.838148+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."
}