# The Groundwater (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014, Regulation 4: Amendment of regulation 2


In regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(a) in paragraph (1)—
(i) after the definition of “authorisation” insert—
““background level” means the concentration of a substance or the value of an indicator in a body of groundwater corresponding to no, or only very minor, anthropogenic alterations to undisturbed conditions;
“baseline level” means the average value measured at least during the reference years 2007 and 2008 on the basis of monitoring in accordance with a programme prepared under regulation 9 of The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003;”;
(ii) after the definition of “groundwater” insert—
““groundwater quality standard” means an environmental quality standard expressed as the concentration of a particular pollutant, group of pollutants or indicator of pollution in groundwater, which should not be exceeded in order to protect human health and the environment;”;
(iii) after the definition of “river basin district and international river basin districts” insert—
““significant and sustained upward trend” means any statistically and environmentally significant increase of concentration of a pollutant, group of pollutants, or indicator of pollution in groundwater for which trend reversal is identified as being necessary in accordance with regulation 10;”;
(iv) after the definition of “starting point” insert—
““threshold value” means a groundwater quality standard established under regulation 8;”.
(b) delete paragraph 3.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/208/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/groundwater-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-4
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