[48A Civil remedies for loss or damage due to water abstraction]
Water Resources Act 1991 (1991 c 57) | Legislation

[48A  Civil remedies for loss or damage due to water abstraction]

[(1)     Subject to subsection (7) below and to section 79 (including that section as applied by section 79A(9)) below, a person who abstracts water from any inland waters or underground strata (an “abstractor”) shall not by that abstraction cause loss or damage to another person.

(2)     A person who suffers such loss or damage (a “relevant person”) may bring a claim against the abstractor.

(3)     Such a claim shall be treated as one

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