Section 39(2)

In a case where an application for a licence under this Chapter relates to abstraction from underground strata, the appropriate agency, in dealing with the application, shall have regard to the requirements of existing lawful uses of water abstracted from those strata, whether for agriculture, industry, water supply or other purposes.

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