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The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

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3.—(1) The Department, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure and the Department for Regional Development shall exercise their relevant functions in a manner which secures compliance with the requirements of the Directive.

(2) In exercising its relevant functions, the Department shall ensure that the requirements of the Directive for the achievement of its environmental objectives are co-ordinated and shall, in particular –

(a)ensure that the programme of measures is co-ordinated for the whole of the river basin district; and

(b)consult the relevant competent authority in the Republic of Ireland to ensure co-ordination of the programme of measures for the whole of each international river basin district.

(3) In this regulation, “relevant functions” means functions under these Regulations and, so far as material, the enactments listed in Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 2.

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