Section 21(3)

Before preparing so much of any draft statement under this section as relates to any particular inland waters, the appropriate agency shall consult— if those waters are in Wales and there are related inland waters in England, the Agency; if those waters are in England and there are related inland waters in Wales, the NRBW; any water undertaker having the right to abstract water from those waters; any other water undertaker having the right to abstract water from any related underground strata; the drainage board for any internal drainage district from which water is discharged into those waters or in which any part of those waters is situated; any navigation authority, harbour authorityor conservancy authority having functions in relation to those waters or any related inland waters; if those waters are ... situated in Wales (or in an area of the sea adjoining either the coast of Wales or an area of sea forming part of Wales) and they or any related inland waters are tidal waters in relation to which there is no such navigation authority, harbour authority or conservancy authority, the Secretary of State for Transport; and any person authorised by a licence under Part I of the Electricity Act 1989 to generate electricity who has a right to abstract water from those waters.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-07-30