{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-water-framework-directive-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/schedule-5/part-1/paragraph-8",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2017/81",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-water-framework-directive-regulations-northern-ireland-2017",
  "path": "schedule/5/part/1/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Article 11(3) is to be read as if—\n(a) in subparagraph (a), for the words from “required to implement” to the end, substitute “ under assimilated law for the protection of water ”;\n(b) in subparagraph (j), in the fourth indent, for the words from “Directive” to the end there were substituted “ Chapter 3 of Part 1 of the Energy Act 2008 and other assimilated law which transposed Directive 2009/31/EC on the geological storage of carbon dioxide ”;\n(c) in subparagraph (k)—\n(i) the words “in accordance with action taken pursuant to Article 16,” were omitted;\n(ii) for “agreed pursuant to Article 16” there were substituted “ in Annex 10 ”.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Water (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/112), regs. 1(1), 12(12); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 5 Pt. 1 paras. 8(a), (b) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 10 para. 27(g)(v)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/81/schedule/5/part/1/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:52:40.058826+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}