Effect of declaration

(1) After the date on which an Order has been published in the Gazette in accordance with section 58, subject to the provisions of section 27, no person or public authority shall claim or obtain the right to abstract and use water and to construct works therefore except in accordance with the provisions of this Part. (2) Any person or public authority who abstracts and uses water in respect of a controlled area or a controlled use or a controlled class of uses otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Part commits an offence under this Act.