Paragraph 6 Exercise of relevant functions

England and Wales

For the F1purpose of the duties in regulation 3 of the WFD Regulations, the regulator must, in exercising its relevant functions, take all necessary measures—

(a)

to prevent the input of any hazardous substance to groundwater, and

(b)

to limit the input of non-hazardous pollutants to groundwater so as to ensure that such inputs do not cause pollution of groundwater.

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Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 22 para. 6 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/39), regs. 1, 2(24)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)