Part of Water Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 1:30 pm on 5 December 2013.
With this it will be convenient to discuss new clause 27—Abstraction reform—
‘(1) The Secretary of State may by order (the “commencement order”) appoint a day on which section 1 is to come into force.
(2) The Secretary of State may only make an order under subsection (1) if—
(a) new primary legislation on the licensing of abstraction has been passed; and
(b) five years has expired since the passage of any legislation under paragraph (a).’.