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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-water-framework-directive-northumbria-and-solway-tweed-river-basin-districts-amendment-regulations-2016/schedule-1/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/139",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Northumbria and Solway Tweed River Basin Districts) (Amendment) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-water-framework-directive-northumbria-and-solway-tweed-river-basin-districts-amendment-regulations-2016",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In regulation 5 (application of the provisions of the principal Regulations to the Northumbria River Basin District)—\n(a) for paragraphs (1) and (2) substitute—\n“(1) Subject to the modifications in paragraphs (2) to (5), the provisions of the principal Regulations set out in paragraph (1A) apply to the Northumbria River Basin District as they apply to river basin districts identified by regulation 4(1) of the principal Regulations.\n(1A) The provisions of the principal Regulations referred to in paragraph (1) are—\n(a) regulations 2, 5 to 18, 19 and 20, in relation to the whole of the Northumbria River Basin District;\n(b) regulation 18A, only in relation to the part of the Northumbria River Basin District which is in England.\n(2) Regulation 2 (interpretation) shall have effect as if—\n(a) in paragraph (1), the definitions of “the appropriate authority”, “the appropriate agency” and “the NRBW” were omitted; and\n(b) paragraphs (1A) and (1B) were omitted.\n(2A) The principal Regulations shall have effect as if, for each reference to “the appropriate agency”, there were substituted a reference to “the Agency”.\n(2B) The principal Regulations shall have effect as if, for each reference to “the appropriate authority”, there were substituted a reference to “the Secretary of State”.\n(2C) Regulation 7A (designation of shellfish waters) shall have effect as if paragraph (7) were omitted.”;\n(b) in paragraph (3)—\n(i) in the modification made by sub-paragraph (a) to regulation 12(2), omit “and at the principal office for its East Region”;\n(ii) in the modification made by sub-paragraph (c)(iii) to regulation 12(4), for “Commissioners” substitute “Commission”;\n(iii) in the modification made by sub-paragraph (d) to regulation 12(5)—\n(aa) in sub-paragraph (a) as modified, for “English Nature” substitute “Natural England”;\n(bb) for sub-paragraph (c) as modified, substitute—\n“(c) “the River Tweed Commission” means the body constituted in accordance with article 5 of the Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Order 2006;”;\n(c) in the modification made by paragraph (4) to regulation 13(1), omit “and at the principal office for its East Region”;\n(d) in the modification made by paragraph (5) to regulation 14(3), omit “and at the principal office for its East Region”;\n(e) after paragraph (5) insert—\n“(6) Regulation 17 (duty to have regard to plans) shall have effect as if “the Welsh Ministers,” and “, the NRBW” were omitted.”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 4 in force at 3.3.2016, see reg. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2003/3242, amended by S.I. 2005/20352011/603, 2011/1043, 2013/755, 2015/1623; there are other amending instruments but none are relevant."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/2913, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/139/schedule/1/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:27:42.214139+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."
}