Modification of section 4C of the Water Act (Northern Ireland) 1972
10. Section 4C of the Water Act (Northern Ireland) shall have effect—
(a)as if it imposed a duty on the Department to exercise the powers conferred on it by that section to classify under these Regulations such waters as are necessary to give effect to Directive 75/440/EEC; and
(b)in relation to the performance of that duty, as if subsections (4), (5) and (7) of that section were omitted.