The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2017/407 |
- “the 2003 Regulations” means the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003 ;
- “the WFD” means Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy ;
- “the GWD” means Directive 2006/118/EEC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration ;
- “the EQSD” means Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy ;
- “the Agency” means the Environment Agency;
- “the appropriate agency”, except as provided for by regulation 9(8) , means—
- (a) in relation to a river basin district that is wholly in England, the Agency;
- (b) in relation to a river basin district that is wholly in Wales, NRW;
- (c) in relation to a river basin district that is partly in England and partly in Wales, the Agency and NRW acting jointly;
- “the appropriate authority”, except as provided for by regulation 9(8) , means—
- (a) in relation to a river basin district that is wholly in England, the Secretary of State;
- (b) in relation to a river basin district that is wholly in Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
- (c) in relation to a river basin district that is partly in England and partly in Wales, the Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers acting jointly;
- “artificial or heavily modified water body” means a body of surface water designated as such under regulation 15;
- “body of water” means a body of groundwater or a body of surface water;
- “drinking water protected area” has the meaning given by regulation 8;
- “England” includes the territorial sea adjacent to England not forming any part of Wales;
- “environmental objectives”, in relation to a river basin district or body of water, means the objectives set under regulation 12 in accordance with regulation 13;
- “NRW” means the Natural Resources Body for Wales;
- “programme of measures”, in relation to a river basin district, means the programme of measures established under regulation 12 in accordance with regulation 20;
- “protected area” means an area included on a register in accordance with regulation 10;
- “public body” does not include a Minister of the Crown within the meaning of the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975 , the Welsh Ministers, the First Minister for Wales or the Counsel General to the Welsh Government, but does include—
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(a) a person otherwise holding an office—
- (i) under the Crown,
- (ii) created or continued in existence by a public general Act of Parliament, or
- (iii) the remuneration in respect of which is paid out of money provided by Parliament;
- (b) a statutory undertaker, being a person who by virtue of section 262 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 is, or is deemed to be, a statutory undertaker for any purpose;
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(a) a person otherwise holding an office—
- “relevant functions” means functions under these Regulations and, so far as material, the enactments listed in Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 2 (which relate to statutes and subordinate legislation) ;
- “river basin district” means an area identified by regulation 4(1) , being the main unit for the management of river basins for the purposes of the WFD and being made up of a river basin or neighbouring river basins, together with associated groundwater, transitional waters and coastal water;
- “river basin management plan” means a plan to which Part 6 applies;
- “shellfish” means any bivalve or gastropod mollusc;
- “shellfish water protected area” has the meaning given by regulation 9;
- “status”, in relation to a body of water, is a reference to its surface water status or groundwater status (as the case may be) ;
- “the table of priority substances” means the table in Part A of Annex I to the EQSD;
- “Wales” has the meaning given by section 158 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 ;
- “water intended for human consumption” has the same meaning as in Council Directive 98/83/EC on the quality of water intended for human consumption .
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