The general duties4

1

The Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers, the Agency and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency must exercise their relevant functions so as to secure—

a

that the requirements of the DirectiveF1and of the EQS Directive for the achievement of the environmental objectives, and in particular the programme of measures, are co-ordinated for the whole of the Northumbria River Basin District; and

b

compliance in relation to that district with the other requirements of the DirectiveF2, the EQS Directive and the Groundwater Directive.

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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.