The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003

Made: 10th December 2003

Laid before Parliament: 11th December 2003

Coming into force: 2nd January 2004

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Title, commencement, extent and application

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Interpretation

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The general duties

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River basin districts

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Characterisation of river basin districts

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Economic analysis of water use in river basin districts

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Bodies of water used for the abstraction of drinking water

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Register of protected areas

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Monitoring

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Environmental objectives and programmes of measures

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River basin management plans

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River basin management plans: public participation

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River basin management plans: submission for approval

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River basin management plans: approval

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River basin management plans: review

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Supplementary plans

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Duty to have regard to river basin management plans and supplementary plans

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Publication of information

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Provision of information and assistance

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Directions and guidance to public bodies

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SCHEDULE 1 — DIRECTIVE DEFINITIONS

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SCHEDULE 2 — ENACTMENTS IN RELATION TO WHICH DUTIES IN REGULATION 3 APPLY

PART 1 — STATUTES

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PART 2 — Subordinate instruments

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The Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989[^f00022].

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The Urban Waste Water Treatment (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2003[^f00045].

Signed

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales

Dafydd Elis-Thomas — The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly — 2003-12-10

Elliot Morley — Minister of State, — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 2003-12-08

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: The terms “river basin district”, “England” and “Wales” have the same meaning for this purpose as in the Regulations, and are defined in regulation 2(1).

[^f00002]: S.I. 2003/2901.

[^f00003]: 1972 c. 68.

[^f00004]: The river basin districts identified by regulation 4(1) do not include any that are partly in England and partly in Scotland.

[^f00005]: O.J. No. L327, 22.12.2000, p. 1; amended by Decision 2455/2001/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20th November 2001 establishing the list of priority substances in the field of water policy and amending Directive 2000/60/EC (O.J. No. L331, 15.12.2001, p. 1).

[^f00006]: 1975 c. 26.

[^f00007]: 1990 c. 8; section 262 was amended by the Gas Act 1995 (c. 45), section 16(1) and Schedule 4, paragraph 18(2), S.I. 1996/593 and the Transport Act 2000 (c. 38), section 37 and Schedule 5, paragraph 6.

[^f00008]: 1998 c. 38. By virtue of article 6 of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), the boundary between those parts of the sea within the Severn and Dee estuaries which are to be treated as adjacent to Wales and those which are not is the line connecting the coordinates set out in Schedule 3 to that Order.

[^f00009]: O.J. No. L229, 30.8.80, p. 11; amended by Council Directive 98/83/EC of 3rd November 1998 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (O.J. No. L330, 5.12.98, p. 32).

[^f00010]: 1964 c. 40.

[^f00012]: 1990 c. 8; section 1 was amended by the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28), section 187(1) and Schedule 24, the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19), section 18 and Schedule 18, and the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25), sections 78 and 120 and Schedules 10 and 24.

[^f00013]: 1991 c. 57.

[^f00014]: 1995 c. 25.

[^f00015]: The relevant baseline, for the purposes of this definition and the definition of “inland water”, is that from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured and is established by section 1 of the Territorial Sea Act 1987 (c. 49) and the Territorial Waters Order in Council (1965 III, p. 6452A).

[^f00016]: 1972 c. 68.

[^f00017]: 1975 c. 51.

[^f00020]: 1991 c. 56.

[^f00021]: 1991 c. 57.

[^f00023]: S.I. 1989/2286.

[^f00024]: S.I. 1991/324, amended by S.I. 1997/547.

[^f00027]: S.I. 1992/337.

[^f00029]: S.I. 1994/2841, amended by the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25), section 120, Schedule 22, paragraph 233 and S.I. 2003/1788.

[^f00030]: S.I. 1996/888, amended by S.I. 1998/1202, 2002/2297 (W.226) and 2614.

[^f00031]: S.I. 1996/3001, amended, in relation to England, by S.I. 2000/3184 and, in relation to Wales, by S.I. 2001/3911.

Editorial notes

[^key-c25596ec86880c37654bf58c8b2342ec]: Regulations revoked (10.4.2017) by The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/407), regs. 1(a), 37 (with regs. 1(c), 38)

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The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007.

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The Water Protection Zone (River Dee Catchment) (Procedural and Other Provisions) Regulations 1999.

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The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Establishment) Order 2012.

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The Water Resources (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2003.

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The Bathing Water Regulations 2013

Further programmes of measures in relation to certain priority substances

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River basin management plans

River basin management plans: public participation

River basin management plans: submission for approval

River basin management plans: approval

River basin management plans: review

Supplementary plans

Duty to have regard to river basin management plans and supplementary plans

Publication of information

Coordination

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Provision of information and assistance

Directions and guidance to public bodies

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Designation of shellfish waters

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Register of protected areas

Monitoring

Environmental objectives and programmes of measures

Further programmes of measures in relation to certain priority substances

River basin management plans

River basin management plans: public participation

River basin management plans: submission for approval

River basin management plans: approval

River basin management plans: review

Supplementary plans

Duty to have regard to river basin management plans and supplementary plans

Publication of information

Coordination

Provision of information and assistance

Directions and guidance to public bodies

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