# The Conservation (Natural Habitats, etc.) (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, Regulation 3: Amendment to the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999


(1) The Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 is amended as follows.
(2) In Article 36—
(a) in the heading, for “Community” substitute “retained EU”;
(b) in paragraph (1)—
(i) omit “enabling Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom”;
(ii) for sub-paragraph (a) (but not the final “or”), substitute—
“(a) giving effect to any retained EU obligation or exercising any related right;”;
(iii) at the beginning of sub-paragraph (b), insert “enabling Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom”;
(c) in paragraph (2), in the definition of “regulations”, in paragraph (a), for “Community” substitute “retained EU”.
(3) In Article 54—
(a) in the heading, for “Community” substitute “retained EU”;
(b) in paragraph (1), for the words from “enabling Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom” to the end substitute “giving effect to any retained EU obligation or enabling Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom to exercise any related right”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2019/9780111179529/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-conservation-natural-habitats-etc-amendment-northern-ireland-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-3
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