Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Act 2022
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PART 4 Register of abstractions | ||
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Requirement for Agency to keep register | ||
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10. (1) The Agency shall, as soon as practicable after the coming into operation of this section, establish and maintain a register. | ||
(2) The register shall comprise of parts consisting of such particulars, provided to the Agency under and in accordance with this Act, as it considers appropriate to enter in the register relating to— | ||
(a) every abstraction which meets or exceeds the registration threshold, other than an abstraction which requires a licence, | ||
(b) every abstraction for which a licence is granted and in force, and | ||
(c) every public abstraction to which Chapter 2 of Part 6 applies. | ||
(3) The register shall be maintained in such form, including electronic form, as the Agency may determine. | ||
(4) The Agency shall, in relation to an entry in the register— | ||
(a) correct a clerical inaccuracy or error that it becomes aware of, | ||
(b) record a change in circumstances that is likely to have a bearing on the accuracy of the entry, | ||
(c) record a surrender of a licence under section 49 including as appropriate any conditions to which the surrender is subject, | ||
(d) record a transfer of a licence under section 50 including the name of the person to whom the licence is transferred, and any other matter relating to the transfer as it considers appropriate, | ||
(e) record a change in conditions attached to a licence following a review under section 51 or 52 , | ||
(f) record a revocation or suspension of a licence under section 53 , | ||
(g) record a termination of a suspension under section 54 , and | ||
(h) record an amendment of a licence of a clerical or technical nature under section 59 . | ||
(5) The register shall be kept at the principal office of the Agency. | ||
(6) The Agency shall make the register available for inspection by any person free of charge during office hours, and provide a copy of an entry in the register, or an extract from an entry, to any person on request free of charge. | ||
(7) The Agency may publish any of the information contained in the register as it considers appropriate on the internet or in such other manner as it considers appropriate. |