Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (31.7.2014) by The Groundwater (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/208), regs. 1, 4(a)(i)
Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (20.6.2016) by The Groundwater (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/119), regs. 1(1), 3
Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (31.7.2014) by The Groundwater (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/208), regs. 1, 4(a)(ii)
Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (31.7.2014) by The Groundwater (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/208), regs. 1, 4(a)(iii)
Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (31.7.2014) by The Groundwater (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/208), regs. 1, 4(a)(iv)
Reg. 2(3) deleted (31.7.2014) by The Groundwater (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/208), regs. 1, 4(b)
In these Regulations—
“the Appeals Commission” means the Water Appeals Commission for Northern Ireland;
“authorisation” means any of the following in so far as they relate to groundwater—
an authorisation under regulation 19;
a discharge consent under Article 7A of The Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999
an authorisation under Article 6 of the Industrial Pollution Control (Northern Ireland) Order 1997
a permit under the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
a waste management licence, existing disposal licence or existing resolution of a district council;
the registration of mobile radioactive apparatus under section 10 of the Radioactive Substances Act 1993
an authorisation for disposal in accordance with section 13 of the Radioactive Substances Act 1993;
“baseline level” means the average value measured at least during the reference years 2007 and 2008 on the basis of monitoring in accordance with a programme prepared under regulation 9 of The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003;
“the Department” means the Department of the Environment;
“direct input” in relation to groundwater means the introduction of a pollutant into groundwater without percolation through soil or subsoil;
“the Directive” means Council Directive 2006/118/EC of 12 December 2006 on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration OJ No.L372, 27.12.2006, p.19
“existing disposal licence” and “existing resolution of a district council” shall have the meanings given by Article 47(1) of the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997
“groundwater” means all water which is below the surface of the ground in the saturation zone and in direct contact with the ground or subsoil;
“indirect input” in relation to groundwater means the introduction of a pollutant into groundwater after percolation through soil or subsoil;
“pollutant” means any substance liable to cause pollution;
“pollution” means the direct or indirect introduction, as a result of human activity, of substances or heat into air, water or land which may be harmful to human health or the quality of aquatic ecosystems or terrestrial ecosystems directly depending on aquatic ecosystems, which result in damage to material property, or which impair or interfere with amenities and other legitimate uses of the environment;
“river basin district and international river basin districts” mean—
an area identified by regulation 4(1) of the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
the North Eastern River Basin District; or
the Neagh Bann, North Western and Shannon International River Basin Districts;
“starting point” in relation to trend reversal means the point at which measures must be implemented to reverse a significant and sustained upward trend in pollutant concentrations or indicators of pollution identified under regulation 10(1)(a);
“waste management licence” means a waste management licence issued under the Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997; and
“the Water Framework Directive” means Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23rd October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy OJ No.L327, 22.12.2000,p.1as last amended by Directive 2008/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No.L81,20.3.2008, p.60)
Any expression used in both these Regulations, the Directive and the Water Framework Directive and not otherwise defined in these Regulations has the same meaning for the purposes of these Regulations as it has for the purposes of the Directive.
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The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954