PART 1General

F1Modification of Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council3E

1

For the purposes of regulation 3C(4)(a), Article 11(3)(j) of Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council is to be read as if—

a

the reference to “Member States” were a reference to the appropriate authority or appropriate body;

b

in the words after the sixth indent, “environmental objectives”—

i

in relation to the Northumbria River Basin District, means the objectives referred to in the WFD Regulations as applied by regulation 5 of the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Northumbria River Basin District) Regulations 2003;

ii

in relation to the Solway Tweed River Basin District, has the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Solway Tweed River Basin District) Regulations 2004;

iii

in relation to a river basin district within the meaning of the WFD Regulations, has the same meaning as in those Regulations.

2

In paragraph (1)(b), “the WFD Regulations” means the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017.