{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-water-framework-directive-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/schedule-5/part-2/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-water-framework-directive-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/schedule-5/part-2/paragraph-2.json",
  "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/2/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "When interpreting the Groundwater Directive for the purposes of these Regulations—\n(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;\n(b) any reference to “Community legislation” is to be read as if it were a reference to assimilated law;\n(c) the Groundwater Directive is to be read as if the following modifications were made to it.",
  "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. 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)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/81/schedule/5/part/2/paragraph/2",
    "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."
}