Contents
1Citation, commencement and interpretation#
(1)These Regulations may be cited as the Groundwater (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 and shall come into operation on 20th June 2016.
(2)The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 applies to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
2Amendments to the Groundwater Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009#
The Groundwater Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 5.
3Amendment of regulation 2#
In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (Interpretation) in the definition of “the Directive” after the word “deterioration” insert “as amended by Commission Directive 2014/80/EU”.
4Substitution of regulation 18#
For regulation 18 (Review of authorisations) substitute—“18 1 The Department shall periodically review an authorisation.2 The Department shall on review assess compliance with the conditions of an authorisation and the effects on groundwater.3 An authorisation may be reviewed at anytime by the Department and where necessary the Department may update the authorisation.4 If the conditions of an authorisation are not complied with, enforcement action shall be taken to ensure compliance and, if necessary, revocation of the authorisation.”
5Amendment of Schedule#
In the Schedule (Groundwater Threshold Values) for Table 1 substitute—“The surface water environmental standards are set out in Schedule 1 to The Water Framework Directive (Classification, Priority Substances and Shellfish Waters) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015(S.R. 2015 No. 351).The “dilution factor” is taken to be the fraction of the average annual river flow derived from groundwater inflows. It can be estimated from established hydrological indices such as the baseflow index, or from the ratio of catchment groundwater recharge to effective precipitation.”
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