Section 54(3)

In determining under this section whether a licence should be varied and, if so, what directions should be given under subsection (5) below, the Secretary of State shall consider whether any such direction would require such a variation of the licence as would so authorise— as to derogate from rights which, at the time when the direction is given, are protected rights for the purposes of this Chapter. the abstraction of water; or the flow of any inland waters to be obstructed or impeded by means of impounding works,

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