Regulation 5 The Contaminated Land (England) Regulations 2006

Regulation 3 of the Contaminated Land (England) Regulations 2006^f1 is amended as follows.

The existing paragraph is renumbered as paragraph (1).

In paragraph (1) as renumbered, for sub-paragraph (b)(ii) (but not the final “or”) substitute—

“(ii)

for controlled waters that are designated as shellfish water protected areas or bathing waters, those waters do not meet the environmental objectives that apply to them;”.

After paragraph (1) as renumbered insert—

“(2)

In this regulation—

• “the Northumbria WFD Regulations” means the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Northumbria River Basin District) Regulations 2003^f2;

• “the Solway Tweed WFD Regulations” means the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Solway Tweed River Basin District) Regulations 2004^f3;

• “the WFD Regulations” means the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017^f4;

• “a bathing water” has the same meaning as in the Bathing Water Regulations 2013^f5;

• “environmental objectives”—

  1. (a)

     in relation to the Solway Tweed River Basin District, means the objectives as defined in regulation 2 of the Solway Tweed WFD Regulations;

  2. (b)

     in relation to the Northumbria River Basin District, means the objectives referred to in the WFD Regulations as applied and modified by regulation 5 of the Northumbria WFD Regulations;

  3. (c)

     in relation to any other river basin district within the meaning of the WFD Regulations, has the same meaning as in those Regulations;

• “shellfish water protected area”—

  1. (a)

     in relation to the Solway Tweed River Basin District, has the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the Solway Tweed WFD Regulations;

  2. (b)

     in relation to the Northumbria River Basin District, means a body of water designated under regulation 9 of the WFD Regulations, as applied by regulation 5 of the Northumbria WFD Regulations;

  3. (c)

     in relation to any other river basin district within the meaning of the WFD Regulations, means a body of water designated under regulation 9 of those Regulations.”.