Part 5: Water Section 88: Water abstraction: no compensation for certain licence modifications
Section 88 inserts new sections 61ZA and 61ZB into the Water Resources Act 1991, and makes consequential modifications to section 27 of the Water Act 2003 and Schedule 8 to the Water Act 2014. The purpose of the two new sections is to allow permanent licences in England to be varied or revoked without the payment of compensation on or after 1 January 2028 where the change is necessary to protect the environment or to remove excess headroom.
	Subsection (1) inserts two new sections 61ZA and 61ZB after section 61 of the Water Resources Act 1991.