Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations—

• “the Department” means the Department of the Environment; and

• “pollution control functions” means the Department’s functions under or by virtue of the following enactments, that is to say—

  1. (a)

     the Water Act (Northern Ireland) 1972;

  2. (b)

     the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1973;

  3. (c)

     Regulations made by virtue of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, to the extent that the Regulations relate to pollution of water.

Expressions used in these Regulations which are also used in Directive 79/923/EEC^f1 (quality required of shellfish waters) shall have the same meaning as in that Directive.

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954^f2 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.