Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Act 2022

Coordination of EIA with planning authority or Board for combined application for licence

42. (1) Section 25 shall apply to a combined application for a licence under section 37 (1) that comprises a revised abstraction that involves development or proposed development as it applies to an application for a licence under section 21 (1), subject to—

(a) the following modifications:

(i) a reference to section 21 (1) shall be read as a reference to section 37 (1);

(ii) a reference to an abstraction shall be read as a reference to a revised abstraction;

(iii) a reference to section 27 shall be read as a reference to section 44 ;

(iv) a reference to paragraph (a) or (b) of section 23 (1) shall be read as a reference to paragraph (a) or (b) of section 40 (3), as appropriate,

and

(b) any other necessary modifications.

(2) Where section 25 does not apply to a combined application for a licence, section 33 shall apply to such an application as it applies to an application for a licence under section 29 , subject to the modification that a reference to section 35 shall be read as a reference to section 44 and subject to any other necessary modifications.