The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations 2018

CHAPTER 2 Amendments of secondary legislation

The Urban Waste Water Treatment (England and Wales) Regulations 1994

30.—(1) The Urban Waste Water Treatment (England and Wales) Regulations 1994(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1)—

(a) in the definition of “the Directive”, after “treatment,” insert “as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1137/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2),”;

(b) in the words after the definition of “Wales”, after “used” insert “in these Regulations and”.

(3) In Schedule 1, in Part 1, in sub-paragraph (b), for the words from “the concentration” to “Member States” substitute “50 mg/l of nitrates in 95% of the samples”.

The Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999

31.  In regulation 4(2)(a) of the Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999(3), for “and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC(4)” substitute “, as last amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 574/2014(5)”.

The Drinking Water (Undertakings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000

32.  In regulation 2 of the Drinking Water (Undertakings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000(6), after “human consumption)” insert “, as last amended by Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1787(7),”.

The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Solway Tweed River Basin District) Regulations 2004

33.  In Schedule 1 to the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Solway Tweed River Basin District) Regulations 2004(8)—

(a) in paragraph 3(2), for the words from “Council Directive 80/778/EC(9)” to the end substitute “Council Directive 98/83/EC on the quality of water intended for human consumption(10)”;

(b) in paragraph 14A(1)—

(i) after “on the market”, in the first place it occurs, insert “, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/605,”;

(ii) at the end, insert “, as last corrected by a corrigendum”.

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

34.  In regulation 23(1) of the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017(11)—

(a) after “on the market”, in the first place it occurs, insert “, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/605,”;

(b) at the end, insert “, as last corrected by a corrigendum”.

The Water Abstraction and Impounding (Exemptions) Regulations 2017

35.—(1) The Water Abstraction and Impounding (Exemptions) Regulations 2017(12) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1)—

(a) for the definition of “the 2010 Regulations” substitute—

““the 2017 Regulations” means the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017(13);”;

(b) in the definition of “conservation site”—

(i) in paragraph (a), for “regulation 10(5) of the 2010 Regulations” substitute “regulation 12(5) of the 2017 Regulations”;

(ii) in paragraph (b), for “regulation 11 of the 2010 Regulations” substitute “regulation 13 of the 2017 Regulations”;

(iii) in paragraph (c), for “regulations 12A and 12B, respectively, of the 2010 Regulations” substitute “regulations 15 and 16, respectively, of the 2017 Regulations”;

(c) in the definition of “protected species”, in paragraph (a), for “regulation 40(1) of, and Schedule 2 to, the 2010 Regulations” substitute “regulation 42(1) of, and Schedule 2 to, the 2017 Regulations”.

(3) In regulation 14(1)(b), for “regulation 99(2) of the 2010 Regulations” substitute “regulation 102(2) of the 2017 Regulations”.

(1)

S.I. 1994/2841, amended by S.I. 2013/755 (W. 90); there are other amendments but none is relevant.

(2)

OJ No L 311, 21.11.2008, p 1, as last amended by Directive 2014/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No L 96, 29.3.2014, p 149).

(3)

S.I. 1999/1148, amended by S.I. 2013/1387; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

(4)

OJ No L 40, 11.2.1989, p 12, as repealed by Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No L 88, 4.4.2011, p 5).

(5)

OJ No L 159, 28.5.2014, p 41.

(6)

S.I. 2000/1297, amended by S.I. 2010/996; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

(7)

OJ No L 260, 7.10.2015, p 6.

(8)

S.I. 2004/99, amended by S.I. 2016/139; there are other amending instruments but none are relevant.

(9)

OJ No L 229, 30.8.1980, p 11, as repealed by Council Directive 98/83/EC (OJ No L 330, 5.12.1998, p 32).

(10)

OJ No L 330, 5.12.1998, p 32, as amended by Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1787 (OJ No L 260, 7.10.2015, p 6).

(11)

S.I. 2017/407.

(12)

S.I. 2017/1044.

(13)

S.I. 2017/1012.