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Water Resources Act 2007
55Licences—amendment
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55 Licences—amendment
(1) The authority may amend a licence, including by imposing a
condition on, or amending an existing condition of, the licence.
(2) However, the authority may amend a licence only if—
(a) the authority has given the licence holder written notice of the
proposed amendment; and
(b) the notice states that written comments on the proposal may be
made to the authority before the end of a stated period of at least
14 days after the day the notice is given to the holder; and
(c) the authority has considered any written comments made before
the end of the stated period.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the holder applied for, or agreed in
writing to, the proposed amendment.
(4) A condition imposed or amended by the authority must not be
inconsistent with any condition prescribed by regulation that applies
to the licence.
(5) The amendment of a licence takes effect on—
(a) the date on which notice of the amendment is given to the
holder; or
(b) if a later date is stated in the notice—that date.