http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/112/regulation/3The Water (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019texttext/xmlenEXITING THE EUROPEAN UNION, NORTHERN IRELANDENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, NORTHERN IRELANDWATER, NORTHERN IRELANDWATER RESOURCES, NORTHERN IRELAND2020-02-10Statute Law Database2020-12-31
These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16) to address failures of retained EU law to operate effectively and other deficiencies arising from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.
PART 3
Amendment of subordinate legislationThe Control of Asbestos in Water Regulations (Northern Ireland) 199531The Control of Asbestos in Water Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 are amended as follows.2After regulation 2(2), insert—3For the purposes of these Regulations, a reference to a Directive is to be read as if any reference in that Directive to one or more member States or the competent authorities of member States in a provision imposing an obligation or conferring a discretion on, a member State, member States or the competent authorities of member States is to be read as a reference to the Department..3For regulation 3, substitute—31The Department shall, in accordance with the Directive, take the necessary measures to ensure that asbestos discharges into the aquatic environment are, as far as reasonably practicable, reduced at source and prevented.2For the purposes of this regulation, the Directive is to be read as if—athe following provisions were omitted—iArticle 6, paragraph 3;iiArticles 10 to 14;bin Article 3, paragraph 2, the words from “taking into account” to the end were omitted;cin Article 7, for “Article 12 of Directive ” there were substituted “
Article 13 of Directive 2009/148/EC
”;din Article 8, omit “Without prejudice to Directive , as last amended by the 1985 Act of Accession,”;ein the Annex, in Part B, Chapter 2—iin the second paragraph, for “European reference method defined in Annex 1 of Directive ” there were substituted “
method recommended in 1997 by the World Health Organization (WHO) or any other method giving equivalent results
”;iiin the third paragraph, point (8), for “European” to “Directive ” there were substituted “
method recommended in 1997 by the World Health Organization (WHO) or any other method giving equivalent results
”..4In regulation 4A, after paragraph (2), insert—3For the purposes of paragraph (2), the reference to the Annex were to the Annex read in accordance with regulation 3(2)(e)..S.R. 1995 No. 93, amended by S.R. 1996 No. 602.OJ No L 330, 16.12.2009, p. 28.Determination of airborne fibre concentrations. A recommended method, by phase-contract optical microscopy (membrane filter method), WHO, Geneva 1997 (ISBN 92 4 154496 1).Reg. 3 in force on IP completion day, see reg. 1(1) and 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1), see reg. 1(1)