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Consultation on implementing the abstraction elements of the Water Act 2003
The purpose of this consultation is to seek views on draft proposals from Defra and the Welsh Assembly Government on the removal and creation of various exemptions from license control. The proposed new Regulations to bring these proposals into force will implement the remaining abstraction provisions of the Water Act 2003.
Comments received will help to inform the decisions of Defra on the scope and content of the final Regulations, which will be laid before Parliament in the summer of this year.
The closing date for this consultation is 22 July 2009.
The following documents relate to this consultation:
- Letter to Consultee
- Consultation Document incorporating Annexes I to N (PDF 560 KB)
- Annexes A to F – The draft new regulations (PDF 520 KB)
- Annexes G to H – Impact Assessments (PDF 320 KB)
- List of consultees
- Summary of responses (PDF 154 KB)
Further information
Page published: 22 October 2009