S.I. No. 326/2010 - European Communities (Water Policy) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 2010.
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1. Citation. | ||
2. Interpretation. | ||
3. Amendment of dates. | ||
S.I. No. 326 of 2010 | ||
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (WATER POLICY) (AMENDMENT)(No. 2) REGULATIONS 2010 | ||
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 6th July, 2010. | ||
I, JOHN GORMLEY, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972), and for the purpose of giving further effect to Council Directive No. 2000/60/EC 1 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy hereby make the following Regulations: | ||
Citation | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Water Policy) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 2010. | ||
Interpretation | ||
2. In these Regulations, "the Principal Regulations" means the European Communities (Water Policy) Regulations, 2003 ( S.I. No. 722 of 2003 ) as amended by the European Communities (Water Policy) (Amendment) Regulations, 2005 ( S.I. No. 413 of 2005 ), by the European Communities (Water Policy) (Amendment) Regulations, 2008 ( S.I. No. 219 of 2008 ), and by the European Communities (Water Policy) (Amendment) Regulations, 2010 ( S.I. No. 93 of 2010 ). | ||
Amendment of dates | ||
3. The Principal Regulations are amended by the substitution of— | ||
(a) “not later than 6 July 2010” for “within five months of the publication of the programme in accordance with subarticle (1)” in Regulation 12(5); | ||
(b) “not later than 6 July 2010” for “within five months of the publication of the plan in accordance with subarticle (1)” in Regulation 13(6); and | ||
(c) “on 15 July 2010” for “six months after it has been published in accordance with subarticle (1)” in Regulations 12(6) and 13(7). | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
30 June 2010. | ||
JOHN GORMLEY, | ||
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) | ||
The European Communities (Water Policy) Regulations, 2003 ( S.I. No. 722 of 2003 ) as amended by the European Communities (Water Policy) (Amendment) Regulations, 2005 ( S.I. No. 413 of 2005 ), by the European Communities (Water Policy) (Amendment) Regulations, 2008 ( S.I. No. 219 of 2008 ), and by the European Communities (Water Policy) (Amendment) Regulations, 2010 ( S.I. No. 93 of 2010 ) provide for transposition of the EU Water Framework Directive (Directive 2000/60/EC). Those Regulations are amended as follows:— | ||
•the date by which the Minister may, after consultation with any Minister of the Government, competent authority in Northern Ireland or other person as he considers appropriate, amend a programme of measures or a river basin management plan by notice issued to the co-ordinating authority is now up to and including 6 July 2010; and | ||
•the date on which the programmes of measures and the river basin management plans come into effect is amended to 15 July 2010. | ||
