# The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017, Regulation 21: Implementation of programme of measures


(1) The Department must ensure that the implementation of measures required in accordance with regulation 20 does not lead—
(a) to increased pollution of marine waters;
(b) to increased pollution of surface waters either directly or indirectly.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to the extent that compliance with it would result in increased pollution of the environment as a whole.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/81/regulation/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-water-framework-directive-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/regulation-21
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