The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017

Transitional provision

38.—(1) Anything done under the 2003 Regulations (whether or not subsequently revised), and which has not been superseded at the time these Regulations come into force, continues to have effect and is taken to have been done under these Regulations.

(2) Paragraph (1) applies to (but is not limited to) the following—

(a) the analysis of river basin characteristics and review of impact of human activity required to be undertaken by 22nd December 2004 under regulation 5 of the 2003 Regulations;

(b) the economic analysis required to be undertaken by 22nd December 2004 under regulation 6 of the 2003 Regulations;

(c) the identification of water bodies from which water is abstracted for human consumption under regulation 7 of the 2003 Regulations;

(d) the designation of shellfish water protected areas under regulation 7A of the 2003 Regulations;

(e) the establishment of a register of protected areas required by 22nd December 2004 under regulation 8 of the 2003 Regulations;

(f) the establishment of operational monitoring programmes required by 22nd December 2006 under regulation 9 of the 2003 Regulations;

(g) the setting of environmental objectives for each body of water and the establishment of programmes of measures required by 22nd December 2009 under regulation 10 of the 2003 Regulations;

(h) the approval of updated river basin management plans required by 22nd December 2015 under regulations 14 and 15 of the 2003 Regulations.