{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-water-framework-directive-england-and-wales-regulations-2017/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-water-framework-directive-england-and-wales-regulations-2017/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/407",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-water-framework-directive-england-and-wales-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Characterisation of river basin districts",
  "text": "(1) The appropriate agency must undertake and periodically review and (where appropriate) update, in accordance with Annex II to the WFD (characterisation of waters)—\n(a) an analysis of the characteristics of each river basin district, and\n(b) a review of the impact of human activity on the status of surface water and groundwater in each river basin district.\n(2) A review and any update must be done—\n(a) by 22nd December 2019, and\n(b) subsequently, by 22nd December of the sixth year following that date and of each sixth year following that.\n(3) In relation to a review of the characteristics of each river basin district under paragraph (1)(a), the appropriate agency must include in the relevant river basin management plan an explanation of the approach taken to the use of System A or B in paragraph 1.1 and 1.2 to 1.2.4 (characterisation of surface water body types) of Annex II to the WFD.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/407/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:12:40.140898+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."
}