The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016
1Citation, extent and commencement
2Amendment of the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003
3Amendment of regulation 2 (interpretation)
4New regulation 7A (designation of shellfish waters)
5Amendment of regulation 8 (register of protected areas)
6Amendment of regulation 9 (monitoring)
7Amendment of regulation 11 (river basin management plans)
8Amendment of regulation 12 (river basin management plans: public participation)
9Amendment of regulation 15 (river basin management plans: review)
10Amendment of Schedule 2 (enactments in relation to which duties in regulation 3 apply)
11Revocations
2016 No. 138
Water Resources, England And Wales

The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016

Made
Laid before Parliament
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
Coming into force

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by—

(a)
section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (“the 1972 Act”)1, in relation to river basin districts that are wholly in England2;
(b)
sections 82 and 219(2) of the Water Resources Act 1991 (“the 1991 Act”)3, in relation to England, and with the agreement of the Welsh Ministers, in respect of those parts of Wales4 within the catchment areas of the rivers Dee, Wye and Severn5; and
(c)
section 102 of the 1991 Act6, in relation to river basin districts in England and Wales.

The Welsh Ministers make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by—

(a)

section 2(2) of the 1972 Act in relation to river basin districts that are wholly in Wales; and

(b)

sections 82 and 219(2) of the 1991 Act, in relation to those parts of Wales not within the catchment areas of the rivers Dee, Wye and Severn.

The Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers make these Regulations jointly in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the 1972 Act in relation to river basin districts that are partly in England and partly in Wales.

The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the 1972 Act in relation to the environment7 and the Welsh Ministers are designated for the purposes of that provision in relation to measures relating to water resources8.