Water Bill [HL]

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 10:32 pm on 9 July 2003.

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Photo of Lord Sutherland of Houndwood Lord Sutherland of Houndwood Crossbench 10:32, 9 July 2003

moved Amendment No. 22:

After Clause 22, insert the following new clause—

"COMMENCEMENT AND EXPIRY OF LICENCES

After section 46 of the WRA there is inserted—

"46B COMMENCEMENT AND EXPIRY OF LICENCES

(1) A licence granted under this Chapter to abstract water—

(a) to prevent interference with any mining, quarrying or engineering operations (whether underground or surface); or

(b) to prevent damage to works resulting from such operations ("de-watering abstractions"); shall be stated to take effect and to expire simultaneously with any planning permission or any extension or amendment to any planning permission granted for such mining, quarrying or engineering operations instead of a specific date, or dates, in the licence for the de-watering abstraction itself.

(2) In all other respects, reference in this Chapter to the date on which a licence is stated to take effect and on which it expires, insofar as a licence for de-watering abstractions is concerned, refers to the commencement and expiry dates comprised in any planning permission authorising the mining, quarrying or engineering operations relevant to the de-watering abstraction.""