# Water Act 2003, Section 87: Transfer of discharge consents


(1) Paragraph 11 of Schedule 10 to the WRA (transfer of discharge consents) is amended as follows.
(2) In sub-paragraph (2), the words “, subject to sub-paragraph (4) below,” are omitted.
(3) In sub-paragraph (3), the words “, subject to sub-paragraph (4) below,” are omitted.
(4) Sub-paragraph (4) is omitted.
(5) For sub-paragraph (6) there is substituted—
“(6) Where a consent under paragraph 3 or 6 above is to be transferred under sub-paragraph (1) above—
(a) the person from whom and the person to whom the consent is to be transferred shall give joint notice to the Agency of the proposed transfer;
(b) the notice may specify the date on which it is proposed that the transfer should take effect;
(c) within twenty-one days beginning with the date of receipt of the notice duly given in accordance with sub-paragraph (6A) below, the Agency shall—
(i) arrange to amend the consent by substituting the name of the transferee as holder of the consent; and
(ii) serve notice on the transferor and the transferee that the amendment has been made; and
(d) the transfer shall take effect from the later of—
(i) the date on which the Agency amends the consent; and
(ii) the date (if any) specified in the joint notice under paragraph (a) above.
(6A) A joint notice under sub-paragraph (6)(a) above shall include such information as may be prescribed.
(6B) If the person from whom the consent is to be transferred is a person in whom the consent has vested by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) or (3) above, a joint notice given under sub-paragraph (6)(a) above shall be of no effect unless the notice required by sub-paragraph (7) below has been given.
(6C) A notice or other instrument given by or on behalf of the Agency pursuant to sub-paragraph (6) above shall not constitute an instrument signifying the consent of the Agency for the purposes of paragraph 8 above.”
(6) In sub-paragraph (9), the words “(6) or” are omitted.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/37/section/87 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-act-2003/section-87
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