# The Water Abstraction (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017, Regulation 8: Scope of this Part


(1) This Part applies to a person who applies for a licence under these Regulations.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to—
(a) a Minister of the Crown, where “Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975 ;
(b) the Welsh Ministers;
(c) a public body (including a government department, a local authority and a local planning authority);
(d) a person holding an office—
(i) under the Crown,
(ii) created or continued in existence by a public general Act, or
(iii) the remuneration in respect of which is paid out of money provided by Parliament;
(e) a person who is or is deemed to be a statutory undertaker for the purposes of any provision of Part 11 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 .
(3) In paragraph (2)—
“local authority” means—
(a)in relation to England, a county council, a district council, a parish council, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
(b)in relation to Wales, a county council, a county borough council or a community council;
“local planning authority” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1047/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-abstraction-transitional-provisions-regulations-2017/regulation-8
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