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2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the Agencies” means the Agency and SEPA acting jointly;
“the Agency” means the Environment Agency;
“body of water” means a body of groundwater or a body of surface water;
“coastal water”, in relation to England, has the same meaning as in the Directive and, in relation to Scotland, has the meaning given by section 3(8) of the Scottish Act (the water environment: definitions);
[F1“the Directive” means Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy;]
[F2“environmental objectives” means—
the objectives required to comply with Article 4 of the Directive (environmental objectives) including any objectives required to comply with Article 7(2) and (3) of the Directive (waters used for the abstraction of drinking water) and the EQS Directive; and
in relation to a shellfish water protected area within the Solway Tweed River Basin District, without prejudice to the objectives under paragraph (a), the water quality objectives necessary or desirable to improve or protect that shellfish water protected area in order to support shellfish life and growth and to contribute to the high quality of shellfish products suitable for human consumption;]
[F3“the EQS Directive” means Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy;]
[F3“existing obligations” means the obligations (on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy) under the EQS Directive before it was amended by Directive 2013/39/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council including, in particular, the achievement of good surface water chemical status in relation to the substances and the associated environmental quality standards listed in the EQS Directive before it was so amended;]
[F3“the Groundwater Directive” means Directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration;]
“the Ministers” means the Secretary of State and the Scottish Ministers acting jointly;
“programme of measures” means the programme of measures required to comply with Article 11(2) to (6) of the Directive [F4, Article 3(1a) of the EQS Directive, and Articles 5(2) and 6(1) of the Groundwater Directive] ;
“public body” does not include a Minister of the Crown within the meaning of the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975(1), the Scottish Ministers, or any body or person having functions in relation only to Scotland, but otherwise it does include—
a person holding an office—
under the Crown;
created or continued in existence by public general Act of Parliament; or
the remuneration in respect of which is paid out of money provided by Parliament; and
a statutory undertaker (being a person who by virtue of section 262 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(2) is, or is deemed to be, a statutory undertaker for any purpose);
“relevant functions” means—
in relation to the Secretary of State and the Agency, their functions under Schedule 1 and, so far as material, the enactments listed in Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 2 (which relate to statutes and subordinate instruments respectively); and
in relation to the Scottish Ministers and SEPA, their functions under Schedule 1 and under Part 1 of the Scottish Act (protection of the water environment) as applied by regulation 5;
“relevant offices” means—
in relation to the Agency, its principal office and the principal office for each of its regions; and
in relation to SEPA, its head office and each of its regional offices within the Solway Tweed River Basin District;
“responsible authority” has the meaning given by section 2(8) of the Scottish Act;
“river basin district” means a district which is the main unit for the management of river basins for the purposes of the Directive, being made up of a river basin or neighbouring river basins, together with associated groundwater, transitional waters and coastal water;
“the Scottish Act” means the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003(3);
“the Scottish Ministers” has the meaning given by section 127 of the Scotland Act 1998(4);
“SEPA” means the Scottish Environment Protection Agency; and
[F3“shellfish” means crustaceans and molluscs of any kind, and includes any brood, ware, half-ware, spat or spawn of shellfish;
“shellfish water objectives” means the objectives in paragraph (b) of the definition of environmental objectives;
“shellfish water protected area” means—
in relation to an area of water in England, an area of water designated under regulation 3A;
in relation to an area of water in Scotland, an area of water designated under section 5A of the Scottish Act;]
“the Solway Tweed River Basin District” means the area identified by regulation 3(1).
[F3“the table of priority substances” means the table in Part A of Annex I to the EQS Directive;]
(2) Any expression used in both these Regulations and the Directive and not otherwise defined in these Regulations has the same meaning for the purposes of these Regulations as it has for the purposes of the Directive, and the definitions contained in the Directive of expressions used in these Regulations are set out in Schedule 3 (references in those definitions to an Annex or an Article being to an Annex to, or an Article of, the Directive).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (3.3.2016) by The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Northumbria and Solway Tweed River Basin Districts) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/139), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 1(a)
F2Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (3.3.2016) by The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Northumbria and Solway Tweed River Basin Districts) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/139), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 1(b)
1990 c. 8; section 262 was amended by the Gas Act 1995 (c. 45), section 16(1) and Schedule 4, paragraph 18(2), S.I. 1996/593 and the Transport Act 2000 (c. 38), section 37 and Schedule 5, paragraph 6.
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