River basin management plans11
1
The Agency must by such date as the appropriate authority may direct prepare and submit to the appropriate authority a river basin management plan for each river basin district.
2
A river basin management plan must—
a
relate to such period as the appropriate authority directs; and
b
include the information specified in the relevant provisions of the Directive.
3
The relevant provisions of the Directive for the purposes of this regulation are—
a
Article 9(2) and (4) (recovery of the costs of water services);
b
Annex II, point 1.3(vi) (exclusion of elements from the assessment of ecological status);
c
the following provisions of Annex V—
i
points 1.3 and 1.3.4 (confidence and precision in monitoring surface water);
ii
point 2.4.1 (confidence and precision in monitoring groundwater); and
iii
points 2.4.5 and 2.5 (presentation of monitoring results for groundwater); and
d
Annex VII, Part A (elements to be covered in river basin management plans).
4
The appropriate authority must ensure that each river basin management plan is—
a
published by 22nd December 2009; and
b
periodically reviewed and where appropriate updated, initially by 22nd December 2015 and thereafter by each sixth anniversary of that date.