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Paragraph 2 F1

Northern Ireland

When interpreting the Groundwater Directive for the purposes of these Regulations—

(a)

a reference to one or more member States in a provision imposing an obligation or conferring a discretion on a member State or member States is to be read as a reference to the Department;

(b)

any reference to “Community legislation” is to be read as if it were a reference to F2assimilated law;

(c)

the Groundwater Directive is to be read as if the following modifications were made to it.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

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)

F2

Word in Sch. 5 Pt. 2 para. 2(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(h)