Water Environment (Floods Directive) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. No. 137 of 2018)

S T A T U T O R Y R U L E S O F N O R T H E R N I R E L A N D 2018 No. 137 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION The Water Environment (Floods Directive) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 Made - - - - 5th July 2018 Coming into operation - 27th July 2018 The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs being a Department designated(a) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(b) in relation to the environment makes the following Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by that section. Citation and commencement 1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Water Environment (Floods Directive) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 and will come into operation on 27th July 2018. Amendment of the Water Environment (Floods Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 2.—(1) The Water Environment (Floods Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009(c) shall be amended as provided by paragraphs (2) to (4). (2) In regulation 2 (Interpretation), in paragraph (2) for the definition of “the Department” there shall be substituted— “the Department means the Department for Infrastructure;” (3) In regulation 19(2)(a), for “Rivers” to the end substitute “its headquarters and through its website”. (4) In regulation 19(4), for sub-paragraphs (d) to (f) substitute— “(d) the Department of Communities. (e) the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.” (a) S.I. 2000/2812 to which there are amendments not relevant to the subject matter of these Regulations and S.I. 2000/3238 (b) 1972 c. 68 (c) S.R. 2009 No. 376 2 £4.25 NI201807051014 07/2018 19585 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2018/137 Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 5th July 2018 Brian Doherty A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) Regulation 2 amends regulation 2(2) of the Water Environment (Floods Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 so as to make the Department for Infrastructure the competent authority for the purposes of the implementation of the Floods Directive. It also amends the list of consultees for flood risk management plans. © Crown copyright 2018 Printed and published in the UK by The Stationery Office Limited under the authority and superintendence of Jeff James, Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office being the Government Printer for Northern Ireland and the Officer appointed to print Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly.