Regulation 25 Commission Decision (EU) 2018/229I1

in paragraph 1, for “Member States shall use in their” substitute “ the relevant person must use in its ”;

in paragraph 2—

in paragraph 3, for “Member States” substitute “ The relevant person ”;

after paragraph 3 insert—

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In this Article—

(a)

“relevant person” means—

(i)

in relation to England and the Northumbria River Basin District, the Environment Agency (“the EA”) (subject to points (iii) and (v));

(ii)

in relation to Wales, the Natural Resources Body for Wales (“NRW”) (subject to point (iii));

(iii)

in relation to a river basin district which is partly in England and partly in Wales, the EA and NRW acting jointly;

(iv)

in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers (subject to point (v));

(v)

in relation to the Solway Tweed River Basin District, the EA and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency acting jointly;

(vi)

in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs;

(b)

references to Article 4(3) of, and Section 1.4.1(iii) of Annex 5 to, Directive 2000/60/EC are to be read as if any requirements imposed or discretion conferred by those provisions on a member State were imposed or conferred on the relevant person.”;

omit Articles 2 and 3.