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

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 2012 No. 442 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION The Water Framework Directive (Priority Substances and Classification) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 Made - - - - 7th December 2012 Coming into operation - 31st December 2012 The Department of the Environment, being a Department designated(a) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(b) in relation to the environment, acting in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by that section and by Article 5 of the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999(c), makes the following Regulations. Citation, commencement and interpretation 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Water Framework Directive (Priority Substances and Classification) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation on 31st December 2012. 2. The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(d) applies to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly. Amendment to the Water Framework Directive (Priority Substances and Classification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 3. In Regulation 8 (inventory of emissions, discharges and losses) of the Water Framework Directive (Priority Substances and Classification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011(e), for the date “31 December 2012” substitute “22nd December 2013”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 7th December 2012 Wesley Shannon A senior officer of the Department of the Environment (a) S.I. 2008/301 (b) 1972 c.68 (c) S.I. 1999/662 (N.I. 6) (d) 1954 c.33 (N.I.) (e) S.R. 2011 No.10 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend the date, by which the Department of the Environment has to establish an inventory of emissions, discharges and losses of all substances listed in Table 38 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Water Framework (Priority Substances and Classification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 from 31st December 2012 to 22nd December 2013. £4.00 N5663 12/2012 425663T 19585 9 780337 989841 ISBN 978-0-337-98984-1 Crown copyright 2012 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 Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly.