InterpretationU.K.
2. In these Regulations—
[F1“the Agency” means the Environment Agency;]
[F2“the Directive” means Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy(1);]
[F1“the EQS Directive” means Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy(2);]
[F1“the Groundwater Directive” means Directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration;]
“the principal Regulations” means [F3the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017];
“the Northumbria River Basin District” means the area identified by regulation 3(1);
“relevant functions” means—
in relation to the Secretary of State and the Agency, functions under [F4regulations 5 to 36] of the principal Regulations and, so far as material, the enactments listed in Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 2 to those Regulations (which relate to statutes and subordinate instruments respectively); and
in relation to the Scottish Ministers and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, functions under Part 1 of the Scottish Act, as applied by regulation 6;
“the Scottish Act” means the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003(1); and
“the Scottish Ministers” has the meaning given by section 127 of the Scotland Act 1998(2).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 2 inserted (3.3.2016) by The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Northumbria and Solway Tweed River Basin Districts) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/139), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 1(b)
F2Words in reg. 2 substituted (3.3.2016) by The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Northumbria and Solway Tweed River Basin Districts) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/139), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 1(a)
F3Words in reg. 2 substituted (E.W.) (10.4.2017) by The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/407), reg. 1(a), Sch. 4 para. 1(2)(a) (with reg. 1(c))
F4Words in reg. 2 substituted (E.W.) (10.4.2017) by The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/407), reg. 1(a), Sch. 4 para. 1(2)(b) (with reg. 1(c))