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[F1SCHEDULE 5SInterpretation of Directives for the purposes of Part 1

PART 2SThe Groundwater Directive

IntroductionS

17(1)When interpreting the Groundwater Directive for the purposes of Part 1 of this Act—S

(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 relevant authority 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 Scotland,

(b)a reference to Community legislation is to be read as a reference to [F2assimilated] law,

(d)the Groundwater Directive is to be read subject to the following rules.

(2)In sub-paragraph 1(a)—

Modifications to the ArticlesS

18SArticle 3(5) is to be read as if for “submitted” there were substituted “ produced ”.

19SArticle 5(4) and (5) is to be read as if for “submitted” there were substituted “ produced ”.

20SArticle 6(4) is to be read as if the words from “for the” to the end were omitted.

21SArticle 12 is to be ignored.

22SAnnex I is to be read as if—

(a)in footnote 1 to the table in paragraph 1, for “Article 2 of Directive 91/414/EEC and in Article 2 of Directive 98/8/EC” there were substituted “ Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC and in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products ”,

(b)in paragraph 2, for “Directive 91/414/EEC or Directive 98/8/EC” there were substituted “ Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC or Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products ”.

23SAnnex II is to be read as if, in Part C—

(a)in the first paragraph, for “submitted” there were substituted “ produced ”,

(b)in the second paragraph—

(i)in the opening words, for “provide” there were substituted “ include ”,

(ii)in point (c)(iii), for “at national, Union or” there were substituted “ in [F3assimilated] law or other national legislation, or at ”.

Definition of [F4assimilated] lawS

24SFor the purposes of this Part, “[F5assimilated] law” has the meaning given by section 6(7) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.]