# The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Northumbria River Basin District) Regulations 2003, Regulation 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W+S+NI

In these Regulations—
“the Agency” means the Environment Agency;
“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;
“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;
“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 the 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—
(a)in relation to the Secretary of State and the Agency, functions under regulations 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
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3245/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-water-framework-directive-northumbria-river-basin-district-regulations-2003/regulation-2
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