SCHEDULE 1Amendment of Titles 1 to 15

PART 7Amendment of Title 7: Authorisation

48.

(1)

Article 61 is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph 1—

(a)

for “Commission” substitute “ Secretary of State ”;

(b)

after the fifth subparagraph, insert—

“The function of deciding under this paragraph whether to amend or withdraw the authorisation is subject to the consent requirement in Article 4A.”.

(3)

In paragraph 2—

(a)

in the second subparagraph, for “Commission” substitute “ Secretary of State ”;

(b)

after the second subparagraph, insert—

“Any of the other appropriate authorities may request the Secretary of State to carry out a review of an authorisation under this paragraph.”.

(4)

In paragraph 3—

(a)

for “Commission”, in each place it occurs, substitute “ Secretary of State ”;

(b)

after the second subparagraph, insert—

“Where the Secretary of State is carrying out a review of an authorisation under this paragraph, any of the other appropriate authorities may request the Secretary of State to suspend the authorisation while the review is being carried out.

The function of deciding under the first subparagraph whether to amend or withdraw the authorisation, and the function of deciding under the second subparagraph whether to suspend the authorisation, are subject to the consent requirement in Article 4A.”.

(5)

In paragraph 4, omit “referred to in Directive 96/61/EC”.

(6)

In paragraph 5—

(a)

after “If the” insert “ river basin ”;

(b)

omit “as referred to in Article 4(1) of Directive 2000/60/EC”.

(7)

In paragraph 6, for “Commission” substitute “ Secretary of State ”.

(8)

After paragraph 6, insert—

“7.

In this Article—

(a)

“environmental quality standard” means the set of requirements which must be fulfilled at a given time in relation to a given environment or particular part thereof, as set out in retained EU law;

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(c)

“river basin district in Scotland” means an area designated as a river basin district by order under section 4(1) of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 M1;

(d)

“river basin environmental objectives” means—

(i)

in relation to the Northumbria River Basin District, the environmental 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 M2;

(ii)

in relation to the Solway Tweed River Basin District, the environmental objectives as defined in regulation 2 of the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Solway Tweed River Basin District) Regulations 2004 M3;

(iii)

in relation to any other river basin district within the meaning of the WFD Regulations, the environmental objectives referred to in those Regulations;

(iv)

in relation to a river basin district in Scotland, the environmental objectives set under section 9(1)(a) M4 of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003;

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(e)

“the WFD Regulations” means the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017 M5.”.