Section 21(5)

The flow specified in relation to any inland waters under subsection (2)(c) above shall be not less than the minimum which, in the opinion of the appropriate agency, is needed for safeguarding the public health and for meeting (in respect of both quantity and quality of water)— the requirements of existing lawful uses of the inland waters, whether for agriculture, industry, water supply or other purposes; and the requirements, in relation to both those waters and other inland waters whose flow may be affected by changes in the flow of those waters, of navigation, fisheries or land drainage.

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