Groundwater (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.I. No. 359 of 2009)

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 2009 No. 359 EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Groundwater (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 Made - - - - 6th November 2009 Coming into operation - 14th December 2009 The Department of the Environment, being a department designated(a) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(b), acting in relation to measures relating to the environment in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by that section, makes the following Regulations: Citation and commencement 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Groundwater (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 and shall come into operation on 14 December 2009. Interpretation 2.—(1) In these Regulations— “the Principal Regulations” means the Groundwater Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009(c). (2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(d) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly. Amendment of the Principal Regulations 3.—(1) The Principal Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraph (2). (2) In Regulation 29(a) for “not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale” substitute “not exceeding the statutory maximum”. (a) S.I. 2008/ 301 (b) 1972 c.68 (c) S.R. 2009 No. 254 (d) 1954 c. 33 (N.I.) 2 Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 6 November 2009 Maggie Smith A senior officer of the Department of the Environment 3 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend the Groundwater Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (“the Principal Regulations”). They amend the Penalties provision (regulation 29(a)) in respect of the formula to be used for determining the penalty to be applied on summary conviction. © Crown Copyright 2009 Printed in the UK by The Stationery Office Limited under the authority and superintendence of Carol Tullo, Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office being the Government Printer for Northern Ireland and the Officer appointed to print the Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly. £4.00 Dd. N4171. C2. 11/09. Gp. 130. 14567. 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 2009 No. 359 EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Groundwater (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009