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Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 5 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Floods and Water (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/558), regs. 1(1), 20(14); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
2. When interpreting the WFD for the purposes of these Regulations—E+W
(a)a reference to one or more member States in a provision imposing an obligation, or conferring a discretion, on a member State or member States is to be read as a reference to the appropriate authority, appropriate agency or other public body which, immediately before exit day, was responsible for the United Kingdom's compliance with that obligation, or able to exercise that discretion, in respect of England or Wales;
(b)a reference to Article 13 of the WFD is to be read as a reference to Article 13 except in so far as it gives rise to any obligation under Article 15 of that Directive;
(c)any reference to Community legislation (other than a reference to existing Community legislation) is to be read as if it were a reference to retained EU law;
(d)any reference to existing Community legislation or existing legislation is to be read as if it were a reference to Community legislation which was in force prior to 23rdOctober 2000;
(e)the WFD is to be read as if the following modifications were made to it.]