Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• F1“the Agency” means the Environment Agency;

• F2“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;

• “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;

• “the principal Regulations” means F3the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017;

• “the Northumbria River Basin District” means the area identified by regulation 3(1);

• “relevant functions” means—

  1. (a)

     in relation to the Secretary of State and the Agency, functions under F4regulations 5 to 36 of the principal Regulations and, so far as material, the enactments listed in Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 2 to those Regulations (which relate to statutes and subordinate instruments respectively); and

  2. (b)

     in relation to the Scottish Ministers and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, functions under Part 1 of the Scottish Act, as applied by regulation 6;

• “the Scottish Act” means the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003; and

• “the Scottish Ministers” has the meaning given by section 127 of the Scotland Act 1998.