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The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017

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1.  Section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1).

2.  The Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975(2).

3.  Parts 2 and 2A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (waste on land and contaminated land)(3).

4.  Part 4 of the Water Industry Act 1991 (sewerage services)(4).

5.  Parts 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 of the Water Resources Act 1991 (water resources management; control of pollution of water resources; flood defence; general control of fisheries; land and works powers; information provisions; miscellaneous and supplemental)(5).

6.  The Land Drainage Act 1991(6).

7.  The Environment Act 1995(7).

8.  Sections 3, 4, 10, 81 and 83 of the Water Act 2003 (abstraction and impoundment; duties to conserve water)(8).

9.  Part 4 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (marine licensing)(9).

10.  The Flood and Water Management Act 2010(10).

11.  Section 61 of the Water Act 2014 (regulation of the water environment)(11).

(1)

1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and section 3 of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7).

(8)

2003 c.37; sections 3, 4 and 10 were amended by S.I. 2013/755.

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