3E.—(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.]
Textual Amendments
F1Regs. 3A-3E inserted (31.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/188), regs. 1(2)(b), 16(3) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1078, regs. 1, 4(4)(a) and S.I. 2020/1540, regs. 1(2)(3), 11(2)(10)(b)-(d)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)