10.—(1) The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Northumbria River Basin District) Regulations 2003(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 4, for paragraph (2) substitute—
“(2) In this regulation—
(a)“environmental objectives” means the objectives set under regulation 12, in accordance with regulation 13, of the principal Regulations (as applied by regulation 5 of these Regulations);
(b)“programme of measures” means the programme of measures established under regulation 12, in accordance with regulation 20, of the principal Regulations (as applied by regulation 5 of these Regulations);
(c)references to the Directive, the EQS Directive and the Groundwater Directive are to be read in accordance with Schedule 5 (modification of directives) to the principal Regulations(2).”.
(3) In regulation 5—
(a)in paragraph (1A)—
(i)in sub-paragraph (a), for “Schedules 1 and 3” substitute “Schedules 1, 3 and 5”;
(ii)omit sub-paragraph (b);
(b)after paragraph (6) insert—
“(7) Schedule 5 (modification of directives) has effect as if, in each of paragraphs 2(a), 18(a) and 26(a), for “England or Wales” there were substituted “the Northumbria River Basin District”.”.
S.I. 2003/3245, amended by S.I. 2016/139, 2017/407.
Regulation 20 of these Regulations inserts Schedule 5 into the principal Regulations.