Paragraph 18 F1

United Kingdom

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 relevant authority which, immediately before exit day, was responsible for the United Kingdom's compliance with that obligation, or able to exercise that discretion, in respect of the Solway Tweed River Basin District;

(b)

in sub-paragraph (a), “relevant authority” means—

(i)

the Ministers;

(ii)

the Agencies;

(iii)

any other public body with functions under these Regulations;

(c)

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

(d)

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 Floods and Water (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/558), regs. 1(1), 11(6); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Word in Sch. 5 para. 18(c) 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. 15 para. 6(c)(xi)