Section 29(2A)

An abstraction of water is an emergency abstraction if, in the opinion of the abstractor, an emergency has arisen which makes the abstraction necessary to prevent immediate danger of interference with any mining, quarrying, engineering, building or other operations (whether underground or on the surface) or, in relation to such operations, to prevent an immediate risk— to a human being of death, personal injury or harm to health; of serious damage to works resulting from any such operations; or of serious damage to the environment.

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