Water abstraction licensing delays
24 November 2009
Reforms in the Water Act 2003 would remove or limit certain important exemptions from water abstraction regulations, and will introduce revised exemption regulations of particular interest to ports, harbours, navigation authorities, water nuclear management, Internal Drainage Boards and certain underground strata. These changes were due to be implemented from 1 October 2009, but Defra has indicated that they will now be postponed to an undisclosed date.