This section amends sections 24(5)(a) and 25(3)(a) of the WRA so that the maximum penalty available to a magistrate’s court for offences of abstracting or impounding water without a licence where one is needed, or doing so in contravention of a licence condition, is increased from £5,000 to £20,000. Proceedings can also be brought in the Crown Court, where the penalty on conviction would be an unlimited fine.
346.Provisions in this section are devolved to the Assembly.
Commentary on Sections Part 3: Miscellaneous 345. .Section 60: Abstraction and impounding offences.