# The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017, Paragraph 5

Extent: N.I.

Article 4 is to be read as if—
(a) in paragraph 1—
(i) in point (a)(iv), for “Article 16(1) and (8)” there were substituted “ the EQS Directive ”;
(ii) in point b (iii), for “paragraphs 2, 4 and 5 of Article 17” there were substituted “ the Groundwater Directive ”;
(b) in paragraph 8, the reference to “other Community environmental legislation” were a reference to assimilated law relating to the environment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/81/schedule/5/part/1/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-water-framework-directive-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/schedule-5/part-1/paragraph-5
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