Regulation 5 Application of provisions of the principal Regulations to the Northumbria River Basin District

F2regulations 2, 5 to 22, 24 to 36, 38 and F3Schedules 1, 3 and 5, in relation to the whole of the Northumbria River Basin District;

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in paragraph (1), the definitions of “the appropriate authority”, “the appropriate agency” and “the NRBW” were omitted; and

F5paragraph (2) were omitted.

after paragraph (2)(a) there were inserted—

“(aa)

send copies of the statement, summary or draft plan to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency which shall make them accessible to the public free of charge through its website, at its principal office F9...;”;

after paragraph (3)(a) “and” were omitted and there were inserted—

“(aa)

in the Edinburgh Gazette; and”;

in paragraph (4)—

for paragraph (5) there were substituted—

“(5)

In this regulation—

(a)

“appropriate nature conservation bodies” means the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, F12Natural England and Scottish Natural Heritage;

(b)

“harbour” and “harbour authority” have the meanings given by section 57 of the Harbours Act 1964^f2;

F13(c)

“the River Tweed Commission” means the body constituted in accordance with article 5 of the Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Order 2006^f3;

(d)

“local authority” means, in relation to England, the council of any county, county borough or district and, in relation to Scotland, any council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;

(e)

“local fisheries committee” and “sea fisheries district” mean a local fisheries committee constituted, and a sea fisheries committee created, by an order under section 1 of the Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966^f4;

(f)

“local planning authority” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990^f5;

(g)

“navigation authority” has the meaning given by section 221(1) of the Water Resources Act 1991^f6;

F14(h)

“the relevant date”, in relation to a plan, means—

(i)

if a period of time has been directed under regulation 27(1)(a), the date on which that period begins, or

(ii)

otherwise, the date by which the Secretary of State is next required under regulation 31(5) to publish an updated plan;

(i)

“responsible authority” has the meaning given by section 2(8) of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003; and

(j)

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