4. MANAGEMENT OF PERMITS

VI - UNITED KINGDOM - Water Resources (Licences) Regulations, 1965

Form N4
Notice of Application to Vary *(a Licence to Abstract Water) (a Licence to Obstruct or Impede the Flow of an Inland Water by Means of Impounding Works) (a Combined Licence to Obstruct or Impede the Flow of an Inland Water by Means of Impounding Works and to Abstract Water) (an "Alternative Statutory Provision" Authorising the Obstructing or Impeding of the Flow of an Inland Water by Means of Impounding Works)

Notice is hereby given that an application is being made to the (a).................................
River Authority by (b)..................................................................................................
to vary *[the [combined] licence (serial number (c)........................................................)
[to abstract water from (d)...........................................................................................
at [(e)......................................................................................................................... ]
[any point between (f)............... and............................................................................] ]
[to obstruct or impede the flow of (g)............................................................................ by
means of impounding works at (h)....................................................................... ] [and to
abstract water from the said inland water at or near that point] [the "alternative
statutory provision" contained in (i)..............................................................................
authorising the obstruction or impeding of the flow of (j).................................................
........................ by means of impounding works at (k)...................................................
.................................................................................................................................... ]

The variation applied for is:

(l).................................................................................................................................
.....................................................................................................................................

A copy of the application and of any map, plan or other document submitted with it may be inspected free of charge at (m)..........................................................................................................................
at all reasonable hours during the period beginning on (n)............................................
and ending on (o)......................................................................................................

Any person who wishes to make representations about the application should do
so in writing to the Clerk of the (a)............................................. River Authority
at (p).............................................................................................. before the
end of the said period.

Signed.......................
* On behalf of..............
Date........................

* Delete where inappropriate

(a) Insert name of River Authority.

(b) Insert name and address of applicant.

(c) Insert serial number of licence.

(d) Insert name of, or sufficient description to identify, the inland water or underground strata to which the licence relates.

(e) Specify (by reference to identifiable geographical features or to Ordnance Survey national grid map co-ordinates, followed by names of civil parish and district) the points of abstraction to which the licence relates.

(f) Specify (by reference as mentioned in note (e) above) any points between which the licence authorises abstraction by mobile means.

(g) Insert name of, or sufficient description to identify, the inland water to which the licence relates.

(h) Specify (by reference as mentioned in note (e) above) the point at which the licence authorises the obstruction or impeding of the flow.

(i) Insert appropriate references (e.g. title of Act or Order and number of relevant sections or paragraphs) to identify the "alternative statutory provision".

(j) Insert name of, or sufficient description to identify, the inland water to which the "alternative statutory provision relates".

(k) Specify (by reference as mentioned in note (e) above) the point at which the "alternative statutory provision" authorises the obstruction or impeding of the flow.

(l) Insert brief summary of variation.

(m) Insert an address within the locality of the point(s) of abstraction to which the licence relates or, as the case may be, within the locality of the works to which the licence (or the "alternative statutory provision") relates.

(n) Insert a date which is not earlier than the date on which the notice is first published in a newspaper other than the London Gazette.

(o) Insert a date which is not less than 28 days from the date on which the period begins and not less than 25 days from the date on which the notice is published in the London Gazette.

(p) Insert address of office of River Authority to which the application is transmitted.

Form N5
Notice of Proposals for *(Revoking) (Varying) (a Licence to Abstract Water) (a Licence to Obstruct or Impede the Flow of an Inland Water by Means of Impounding Works) (a Combined Licence to Obstruct or Impede the Flow of an Inland Water by Means of Impounding Works and to Abstract Water) (an "Alternative Statutory Provision" Authorising the Obstruction or Impeding of the Flow of an Inland Water by Means of Impounding Works)

Notice is hereby given that the (a)............................... River Authority, in pursuance
of section 43 *(and section 48) of the above Act, have formulated proposals for
*(revoking) (varying) (the (combined) licence (serial number (b)....................................)
to abstract water from (c).............................................................................................
at ((d).........................................................................................................................)
(any point between (e)......................................... and.................................................))
(to obstruct or impede the flow of (f) by means of impounding works at (g)) (and to
abstract water from the said inland water at or near that point)) (the "alternative
statutory provision" contained in (h)....................................................... authorising
the obstruction or impeding of the flow of (i) by means of impounding works at (j)
...................................................................................................................................)
* The proposed variation is:
(k)................................................................................................................................
A copy of the application and of any map, plan or other document submitted with it
may be inspected free of charge at (l)...................................................................... at all
reasonable hours during the period beginning on (m).................................. and ending on
(n).................................................................................................................................

* (If you, being the holder of the licence, wish to object to the proposals you) (Any
person who wishes to make representations about the proposals should do so in
writing to the Clerk of the (a)...................................................... River Authority at
(o)......................................................................... before the end of the said period.

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(a) Insert name of River Authority.

(b) Insert serial number of licence.

(c) Insert name of, or sufficient description to identify, the inland water or underground strata to which the licence relates.

(d) Specify (by reference to identifiable geographical features or to Ordnance Survey national grid map co-ordinates, followed by names of civil parish and district) the points of abstraction to which the licence relates.

(e) Specify (by reference as mentioned in note (d) above) any points between which the licence authorises abstraction by mobile means.

(f) Insert name of, or sufficient description to identify, the inland water to which the licence relates.

(g) Specify (by reference as mentioned in note (d) above) the point at which the licence authorises the obstruction or impeding of the flow.

(h) Insert appropriate references (e.g. title of Act or Order and numbers of relevant sections or paragraphs) to identify the "alternative statutory provision".

(i) Insert name of, or sufficient description to identify, the inland water to which the "alternative statutory provision" relates.

(j) Specify (by reference as mentioned in note (d) above) the point at which the "alternative statutory provision" authorises the obstruction or impeding of the flow.

(k) Insert brief summary of variation, if the proposals are for varying the licence.

(l) Insert an address within the locality of the place or places where the licence authorises water to be abstracted and/or impounded or, as the case may be, within the locality of the works to which the "alternative statutory provision" relates.

(m) Insert a date which is not earlier than the date on which the notice is first published in a newspaper other than the London Gazette.

(n) Insert a date which is not less than 28 days from the date on which the period begins and not less than 25 days from the date on which the notice is published in the London Gazette.

(o) Insert address of River Authority.

Form N6
Notice of Application by Owner of Fishing Rights for *(Revocation) (Variation) of a Licence to abstract water

Notice is hereby given that (a).....................................................................................
being the owner of fishing rights in respect of (b)..........................................................
*(between (c)......................................................................................................... and
.......................................................) has applied to the Minister of Housing and Local
Government under section 47 of the above Act for the *(revocation) (variation) of the
licence (serial number (d)) to abstract water from the said inland water on the grounds
that, in his capacity as the owner of those rights, he has sustained loss or damage
which is directly attributable to the abstraction of water in pursuance of the said
licence, and (e).............................................................................................................
....................................................................................................................................
The loss or damage sustained comprises:
(f).................................................................................................................................
*(The variation applied for is:
(g).................................................................................................................................

You are entitled *(as the holder of the said a licence) (as the River Authority concerned) to make representations in writing to the Minister of Housing and Local Government about the application at any time before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date of service of this notice.

* Delete where inappropriate
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(a) Insert name and address of applicant

(b) Insert name of, or sufficient description to identify, the inland water in respect of which the fishing rights are owned.

(c) Specify (by reference to identifiable geographical features or to Ordnance Survey national grid map co-ordinates, followed by names of civil parish and district) the points between which the fishing rights are exercisable, if those rights are owned in respect of a part only of the inland water.

(d) Insert serial number of licence.

(e) Insert the grounds mentioned in paragraph (a) or in paragraph (b) in section 47(2) of the Act, whichever of those grounds are relied on.

(f) Insert details of loss or damage sustained.

(g) Insert particulars of variation, if the application is for the variation of the licence.