The Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 No. 3336 (NI. 21)

PART IV N.I. WATER SUPPLY

CHAPTER V N.I. SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS OF PART IV

Power to give effect to international agreements [F1 etc.] N.I.

135.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), the Department may by regulations provide that the provisions of Chapters I to III shall have effect with such modifications as may be prescribed for the purpose of F2 ...—

[F3 (a) giving effect to any [F4 assimilated] obligation;] or

(b) [F5 enabling Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom to give effect] to any international agreement to which the United Kingdom is for the time being a party.

(2) DOE may by regulations provide that the provisions to which paragraph (3) applies shall have effect with such modifications as may be prescribed for the purpose of F6 ...—

[F7 (a) giving effect to any [F8 assimilated] obligation;] or

(b) [F9 enabling Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom to give effect] to any international agreement to which the United Kingdom is for the time being a party.

(3) Paragraph (2) applies to—

(a) Article 107(2);

(b) Articles 118 to 123; and

(c) any other provisions of Chapter III so far as they have effect for the purposes of or in relation to those Articles.

(4) Paragraph (1) shall not authorise any modification of—

(a) any provision to which paragraph (2) applies;

(b) any of Articles 111, 112 and 116; or

(c) any other provisions of Chapters I to III so far as they have effect for the purposes of or in relation to those Articles.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in art. 135 heading inserted (31.12.2020) by The Water and Floods (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/32), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Words in art. 135(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Water and Floods (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/32), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Art. 135(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Water and Floods (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/32), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F4 Word in art. 135(1)(a) substituted (1.1.2024) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1424), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 64(3)

F5 Words in art. 135(1)(b) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Water and Floods (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/32), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(b)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6 Words in art. 135(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Water and Floods (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/32), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(c)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F7 Art. 135(2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Water and Floods (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/32), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(c)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F8 Word in art. 135(2)(a) substituted (1.1.2024) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1424), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 64(3)

F9 Words in art. 135(2)(b) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Water and Floods (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/32), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(c)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)