{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-act-1991/section-66",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-act-1991/section-66.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/57",
  "legislation_title": "Water Resources Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-resources-act-1991",
  "path": "section/66",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "66",
  "heading": "Inland waters owned or managed by Canal & River Trust.",
  "text": "(1) This section applies to all inland waters owned or managed by Canal & River Trust, except any such inland waters to which the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument direct that this section shall not apply.\n(2) In respect of abstraction from any inland waters to which this section applies—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) no person other than Canal & River Trust shall be entitled to apply for a licence under this Chapter;\n(c) in relation to any application by Canal & River Trust for a licence under this Chapter—\n(i) section 35 above shall not apply; and\n(ii) section 37 above shall apply as if paragraphs (b) and (c), and the succeeding words, of subsection (3) of that section were omitted.\n(3) Before making an order under subsection (1) above, the Secretary of State shall consult Canal & River Trust and the appropriate agency.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 66(1) substituted (2.7.2012) by The British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1659), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 11(3)(a) (with arts. 4-6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 66(2)(a) repealed (1.4.2006) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), s. 105(3), Sch. 7 para. 7, Sch. 9 Pt. 3; S.I. 2006/984, art. 2(s)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 66(2)(b) substituted (2.7.2012) by The British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1659), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 11(3)(b) (with arts. 4-6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 66(2)(c) substituted (2.7.2012) by The British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1659), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 11(3)(b) (with arts. 4-6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 66(2)(c)(ii) substituted (1.4.2006) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 14(3)(d), 105(3); S.I. 2006/984, art. 2(i) (with Sch. paras. 1, 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 66(3) substituted (2.7.2012) by The British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1659), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 11(3)(b) (with arts. 4-6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 66(3) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 270(l) (with Sch. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 66 heading substituted (2.7.2012) by The British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1659), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 11(2) (with arts. 4-6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/57/section/66",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:36:46.190861+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."
}