{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-water-framework-directive-england-and-wales-amendment-regulations-2015/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1623",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-water-framework-directive-england-and-wales-amendment-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Regulation 2 (interpretation)",
  "text": "(1) In regulation 2(1)—\n(a) omit the definition of “the Assembly”;\n(b) for the definition of “the Directive”, substitute—\n““the Directive” means Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23rd October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy;”;\n(c) in the definition of “environmental objectives”, after “(waters used for the abstraction of drinking water)”, insert “, and the EQS Directive”;\n(d) in the definition of “public body”, for “or the Assembly” substitute “, the Welsh Ministers, the First Minister for Wales or the Counsel General to the Welsh Government”;\n(e) insert each of the following in the appropriate place—\n““the EQS Directive” means Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy;”;\n““existing obligations” means the obligations (on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy) under Directive 2008/105/EC (“the original Directive”) before it was amended by Directive 2013/39/EU including, in particular, the achievement of good surface water chemical status in relation to the substances and the associated environmental quality standards listed in the original Directive;”;\n““the table of priority substances” means the table in Part A of Annex I to the EQS Directive;”.\n(2) In regulation 2(1B)—\n(a) in the opening words and in paragraphs (a) and (b), omit each “and each of its principal regional offices”; and\n(b) in paragraph (c), omit “and each of their principal regional offices”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 14.9.2015, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No L 327, 22.12.2000, p1, as last amended by Commission Directive 2014/101/EU (OJ No L 311, 31.10.2014, p32). The effect of section 20A of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c.30) is that the updated reference to Directive 2000/60/EC is to that Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2014/101/EU."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No L 348, 24.12.2008, p84, as last amended by Directive 2013/39/EU (OJ No L 226, 24.8.2013, p1)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1623/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:32:56.669604+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}