14.—(1) The Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 M1 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2, at the end insert—
“(5) In these Regulations, a reference to a Directive or an Euratom Directive is to be read as if any reference in that Directive to one or more Member States in a provision imposing an obligation or conferring a discretion on a Member State or Member States were a reference to the Department.”.
(3) Omit regulation 18(18).
(4) In regulation 19(7) for the words “communicated to the European Commission” substitute “ published, in such manner as the Department considers appropriate ”.
(5) In regulation 25—
(a)in paragraph (5), for “further departure” substitute “ further two departures ”;
(b)omit paragraphs (7) and (8).
(6) In regulation 33—
(a)omit paragraph (2)(a) (together with the final “or”);
(b)in paragraph (2)(b) omit “of an EEA state or Turkey”;
(c)omit paragraph (3)(b);
(d)in paragraph (14) omit from “In this regulation” to “Information Society services.”.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 14 in force on IP completion day, see reg. 1(1) and 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1), see reg. 1(1)
Marginal Citations
M1S.R. 2017 No. 212.