PART 1General
F1Meaning of the “Mining Waste Directive”2B
1
In regulation 2A(3)(a)(iii), “the Mining Waste Directive” means Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the management of waste from extractive industries, read in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
2
Article 2 is to be read as if—
a
in paragraph 2(c), the reference to Article 11(3)(j) of Directive 2000/60/EC were a reference to that Article read in accordance with paragraph (7) of this regulation;
b
paragraphs 3 and 4 were omitted.
3
Article 3(1) is to be read as if, for “Article 1(a) of Directive 75/442/EEC” there were substituted “
Article 3(1) of the Waste Directive, as read with Articles 5 and 6 of that Directive
”
.
7
For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a), Article 11(3)(j) of Directive 2000/60/EC is to be read as if—
a
the reference to “Member States” were a reference to the appropriate authority;
b
in the words after the final indent, “environmental objectives”—
i
in relation to the Northumbria River Basin District, means the objectives referred to in the WFD Regulations as applied by regulation 5 of the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Northumbria River Basin District) Regulations 2003;
ii
in relation to the Solway Tweed River Basin District, has the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Solway Tweed River Basin District) Regulations 2004;
iii
in relation to a river basin district within the meaning of the WFD Regulations, has the same meaning as in those Regulations.
8
In paragraph (7)(b), “the WFD Regulations” means the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017.