Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2018 No. 196

Environmental Protection

The Water Environment (Floods Directive) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018

Made

27th November 2018

Coming into operation

21st December 2018

The Department for Infrastructure, being a Department designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to the environment makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that Section.

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Water Environment (Floods Directive) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 and shall come into operation on 21st December 2018.

Amendment to the Water Environment (Floods Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

2.—(1) The Water Environment (Floods Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009(3) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 12(2)(c) omit “referred to in Annex 1 to Directive 2008/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning integrated pollution prevention and control”.

(3) In regulation 12(3) substitute “regulation 8(2) of the 2003 Regulations” with “regulation 2 of the 2017 Regulations(4)”.

(4) In regulation 17(1)(a)(viii) substitute “the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991” with “the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011(5)”.

(5) In Schedule 3, Part 1 Paragraph 4—

(a)in sub paragraph (a) substitute “Council Directive 85/337/EEC” with “Council Directive 2011/92/EU(6), as amended by Directive 2014/52/EU(7)”;

(b)in sub paragraph (b) substitute “Council Directive 96/82/EC” with “Council Directive 2012/18/EU(8)”.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Infrastructure on 27th November 2018

Linda MacHugh

A senior officer of the

Department for Infrastructure

Address

Date

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Water Environment (Floods Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 to replace out of date references to other legislation.

An Explanatory Memorandum has been produced and is available from Water and Drainage Policy Division, Department for Infrastructure, Clarence Court, 10-18 Adelaide Street, Belfast, BT2 8GB or viewed online at http://www.legislation.gov.uk.

(1)

S.I. 2008/301 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations

(2)

1972 c. 68

(3)

S.R. 2009 No. 376 as amended by S.R. 2017 No. 81 and S.R. 2018 No. 137

(4)

S.R. 2017 No. 81

(5)

2011 c. 25

(6)

OJ L 26, 28.1.2012, p. 1

(7)

OJ L 124, 25.4.2014, p. 1–18

(8)

OJ L 197, 24.7.2012, p. 1–37