Section 59A: Transfer of licence, Water Resources Act 1991

The following licences—

a full licence;

a transfer licence; or

a licence to obstruct or impede the flow of inland waters by means of impounding works,

may be transferred by the holder of the licence to another person ("the transferee") in accordance with the following provisions of this section.

The holder and the proposed transferee shall give notice (a "transfer notice") to the appropriate agency of their agreement that the licence should be transferred.

The transfer notice shall include—

such information as the appropriate agency reasonably requires; and

(in the case of the transfer of a full licence or of a transfer licence) a declaration by the proposed transferee that—

he has, or at the time when the proposed transfer is to take effect will have, a right of access in relation to each point of abstraction; and

he will continue to have such a right for the period of at least one year beginning with the date on which the proposed transfer is to take effect, or until the licence is to expire (if sooner),

and may specify the date on which the holder and the transferee wish the transfer to take effect.

If the holder is a person in whom the licence has vested under section 59B below, a transfer notice shall be of no effect unless the notice required by section 59B(4) has been given.

Subject to subsection (4) above, if the appropriate agency receives a transfer notice which complies with the requirements of subsections (2) and (3) above, the appropriate agency shall amend the licence by substituting the name of the transferee as holder of the licence.

The transfer shall take effect—

from the date on which the appropriate agency amends the licence; or

from the date specified in the transfer notice, if later.

Nothing in this section shall affect the liability of the holder of the licence for any failure by him, before the transfer took effect, to comply with any condition or requirement of that licence.

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