{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-water-framework-directive-solway-tweed-river-basin-district-regulations-2004/schedule-5/paragraph-26",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/99",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Solway Tweed River Basin District) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-environment-water-framework-directive-solway-tweed-river-basin-district-regulations-2004",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/26",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "When interpreting the EQS 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 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;\n(b) in sub-paragraph (a), “relevant authority” means—\n(i) the Ministers;\n(ii) the Agencies;\n(iii) any other public body with functions under these Regulations;\n(c) the EQS Directive is to be read as if the following modifications were made to it.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/99/schedule/5/paragraph/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:35:36.389849+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."
}