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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-floods-and-water-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-24",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2019/9780111176283",
  "legislation_title": "The Floods and Water (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019",
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  "path": "regulation/24",
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  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Commission Decision (EU) 2017/1583",
  "text": "(1) Commission Decision (EU) 2017/1583 specifying, pursuant to Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, EN ISO 17994:2014 as the standard on the equivalence of microbiological methods is amended as follows.\n(2) In Article 1—\n(a) the existing text becomes paragraph 1;\n(b) after paragraph 1 insert—\n“2. The reference in paragraph 1 to Article 3(9) of Directive 2006/7/EC, is to be read as if any requirements imposed or discretion conferred by that provision on a member State were imposed or conferred on the relevant person.\n3. In this Article, “relevant person” means—\n(a) in relation to England, the Environment Agency;\n(b) in relation to Wales, the Natural Resources Body for Wales;\n(c) in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency;\n(d) in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.”.\n(3) Omit Articles 2 and 3.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2019/9780111176283/regulation/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:02:57.036536+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}