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Water Framework Directive (Priority Substances and Classification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. No. 10 of 2011).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Territorial subdivision
Northern Ireland
Document type
Regulation
Date
2011
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Sea, Water, Environment gen.
Keyword
Marine pollution Inland waters Freshwater pollution Classification/declassification Standards Monitoring Environmental planning Pollution control Policy/planning
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

These Regulations, for purposes of implementing Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy, require the Department of the Environment to: to assign a type or types and to apply environmental standards and biological boundary values in respect of rivers, lakes, transitional and coastal waters; apply the standards for priority substances and other dangerous substances; to classify surface waters and groundwaters and to report this classification in River Basin Management Plans; establish an inventory in respect of priority substances.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implements

Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy, amending and subsequently repealing Council Directives 82/176/EEC, 83/513/EEC, 84/156/EEC, 84/491/EEC, 86/280/EEC and amending Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.

Legislation | European Union | 2008

Keyword: Marine pollution, Potable water, Toxicity/poisoning, Food quality control/food safety, Pollution control, Effluent waste water/discharge, Hazardous substances, Water quality standards, Freshwater pollution, Surface water, Pesticides

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repeals

Surface Waters (Dangerous Substances) (Classification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 (S.R. No. 397 of 1998).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 1998

Keyword: Marine pollution, Classification/declassification, Hazardous substances, Water quality standards, Inspection, Freshwater pollution, Pollution control

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Water Framework Directive (Priority Substances and Classification) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. No. 442 of 2012).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2012

Keyword: Marine pollution, Inland waters, Freshwater pollution, Classification/declassification, Pollution control

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Water Framework Directive (Priority Substances and Classification) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. No. 45 of 2015).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2015

Keyword: Marine pollution, Inland waters, Freshwater pollution, Classification/declassification, Water quality standards, Groundwater, Pollution control

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Water Framework Directive (Classification, Priority Substances and Shellfish Waters) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. No. 351 of 2015).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2015

Keyword: Marine pollution, Inland waters, Freshwater pollution, Classification/declassification, Standards, Monitoring, Environmental planning, Pollution control, Policy/planning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX