Paragraph 1 I1

England, Wales and Scotland

In regulation 2 (interpretation)—

(a)

for the definition of “the Directive” substitute—

““the Directive” means Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy^f1;”;

(b)

in the appropriate places insert—

““the Agency” means the Environment Agency;”;

““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^f2;”;

““the Groundwater Directive” means Directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration^f3;”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 1 para. 1 in force at 3.3.2016, see reg. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1: OJ No L 327, 22.12.2000, p 1, as last amended by Commission Directive 2014/101/EU (OJ No L 311, 31.10.2014, p 32). The effect of section 20A of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c.30) is that the reference to Directive 2000/60/EC in the Northumbria Regulations are references to that Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2014/101/EU.
f2: OJ No L 348, 24.12.2008, p 84, as last amended by Directive 2013/39/EU (OJ No L 226, 24.8.2013, p 1).
f3: OJ No L 372, 27.12.2006, p 19, as amended by Commission Directive 2014/80/EU (OJ No L 182, 21.6.2014, p 52).