Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Act 2022
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PART 11 Amendment of other acts | ||
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Amendment of Canals Act 1986 | ||
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114. The Canals Act 1986 is amended— | ||
(a) in section 1(1), by the insertion of the following definition: | ||
“‘Act of 2022’ means the Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Act 2022;”, | ||
(b) in section 6— | ||
(i) by the substitution of “and shall, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing and subject to the Act of 2022,” for “and shall without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing,”, and | ||
(ii) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (g): | ||
“(g) lease or let to any person canal property and licence (other than an abstraction within the meaning of the Act of 2022) the use of the canals and canal water by any person.”, | ||
(c) in section 7, by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1A): | ||
“(1B) Bye-laws under this section insofar as they relate to an abstraction (within the meaning of the Act of 2022) from the canals shall be subject to the provisions of that Act.”, | ||
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(d) in section 12(1)(b), by the insertion of “subject to the Act of 2022,” before “supplies of water”. |