10. After paragraph 6 insert—
“Further programmes of measures in relation to certain priority substances
6A.—(1) The Agencies must, by 22nd December 2018, establish a preliminary programme of measures for the Solway Tweed River Basin District in relation to substances 34 to 45 in the table of priority substances.
(2) For the purposes of the programme of measures to be updated under paragraph 6(5)(a)(iii) by 22nd December 2021, the Agencies must, by such date as the Ministers direct, prepare and submit to the Ministers proposals for a final programme of measures, with the aim of achieving good surface water chemical status in relation to substances 34 to 45 in the table of priority substances by 22nd December 2027 and preventing deterioration in the chemical status of each body of surface water in relation to those substances.
(3) Paragraph 6(2) applies to the preparation by the Agencies of its proposals under sub-paragraph (2) as it does to proposals under paragraph 6(1).
(4) Without prejudice to the existing obligations, the Ministers must ensure that, for the Solway Tweed River Basin District, the programme of measures updated under paragraph 6(5)(a)(iii) by 22nd December 2021 contains measures with the aim of achieving good surface water chemical status in relation to substances 34 to 45 in the table of priority substances by 22nd December 2027 and preventing deterioration in the chemical status of each body of surface water in relation to those substances.
(5) Paragraph 6(3) and (4) apply in relation to proposals for a programme of measures submitted to the Ministers under sub-paragraph (2) as they do to proposals submitted under paragraph 6(1).
(6) The Ministers must ensure that the measures referred to in sub-paragraph (4) are made operational as soon as possible after 22nd December 2021, and at the latest by 22nd December 2024.”.