Paragraph 8 I1

in sub-paragraph (1)(b), after “Directive” insert “, the EQS Directive and the Groundwater Directive”;

after sub-paragraph (4) insert—

“(5)

The Agencies must maintain, in relation to each shellfish water protected area, a monitoring programme for the purposes of enabling a reliable assessment of whether the shellfish water objectives have been or will be achieved.

(6)

By 22nd December 2018, the Agencies must establish, for the Solway Tweed River Basin District, a monitoring programme in respect of substances 34 to 45 in the table of priority substances.”.