PART 6Water quality
CHAPTER 2Retention of functions from the Water Framework Directive
Power to make provision in relation to monitoring of water qualityI128
1
The appropriate authority may, by regulations, make provision, for the purposes of retained EU law which implemented Article 8 of the Water Framework Directive—
a
specifying the technical specifications and standardised methods for analysis to be used when undertaking monitoring of the status of bodies of groundwater and surface water;
b
specifying the national or international standards which must be conformed with when carrying out monitoring in bodies of surface water of biological quality elements and physico-chemical parameters.
2
The provision which may be made under paragraph (1) includes—
a
requiring a reference to Commission Directive 2009/90/EC laying down, pursuant to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, technical specifications for chemical analysis and monitoring of water status M1 to be read as a reference to that Directive with modifications;
b
requiring a reference to paragraph 1.3.6 of Annex 5 to the Water Framework Directive (or a reference which encompasses that paragraph) to be read as a reference to that paragraph with modifications;
c
amending provision corresponding to the provision made by Commission Directive 2009/90/EC or by paragraph 1.3.6 of Annex 5 to the Water Framework Directive.
3
Regulations under paragraph (1) may amend the WEWS Act or any subordinate legislation.
4
The appropriate authority may exercise the power in paragraph (1) only to the extent that the authority considers it appropriate to do so as a result of scientific and technical progress.