Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Act 2022

Amendment of Act of 1990

115. The Act of 1990 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 2, by the insertion of “and subject to the Act of 2022” after “to their powers under that Act”, and

(c) in section 3—

(i) in subsection (1)—

(I) by the insertion, in paragraph (h), of “and subject to the Act of 2022” after “abstract water from the navigation channel”, and

(II) by the substitution, in paragraph (l)(ii), of “the use of water of or the abstraction of water from the canals and locks referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition of the Shannon navigation” for “the use of water of or the abstraction of water from the navigation channel”,

and

(ii) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1A):

“(1B) Bye-laws under this section, in so far as they relate to an abstraction (within the meaning of the Act of 2022) from the Shannon navigation shall be subject to the provisions of that Act.”.