# The Water Resources (Abstraction and Impounding) Regulations 2006, Regulation 9: Applications in National Parks or the Broads

Extent: E+W

(1) Subject to paragraph (5), where an application relates to abstraction or impounding in the area of a National Park or the Norfolk or Suffolk Broads, the Agency must serve notice in writing of the application on the National Park authority for that National Park or the Broads Authority (as the case may be) within 14 days beginning on the relevant date.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the notice must include—
(a) a copy of the application; and
(b) a statement that the authority may make representations in writing to the Agency in relation to the application within 28 days beginning on the date on which the notice is served.
(3) The notice must not include any information which appears to the Agency to be information that is commercially confidential.
(4) The Agency or, in the case of a called–in application, the Secretary of State or the Assembly (as the case may be)—
(a) must not determine the application until after the end of the period referred to in paragraph (2)(b); and
(b) in determining the application, must have regard to any representations duly made by the authority in relation to the application.
(5) Paragraph (1) does not apply if—
(a) the application is one to which section 51(4) applies; or
(b) in the case of an application in relation to abstraction or to impounding works, the relevant authority notifies the Agency that giving such notice in relation to that application would be contrary to the interests of national security.
(6) In paragraph (5) “the relevant authority” means—
(a) in the case of an application in relation to abstraction or to impounding works in England, the Secretary of State; and
(b) in the case of an application in relation to abstraction or to impounding works in Wales, the Secretary of State or the Assembly.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/641/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-abstraction-and-impounding-regulations-2006/regulation-9
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