The Water (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
The Water (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 ensure that water legislation will continue to be operable in the United Kingdom after the UK leaves the EU. The instrument addresses deficiencies in the retained EU law arising from the UK鈥檚 withdrawal from the EU. The purpose of the instrument is to preserve and protect the existing policy regime - it will not introduce any new policy.
Statutory instrument
Explanatory memorandum
Sifting committee recommendation
The sifting committee agreed with the government that this statutory instrument doesn鈥檛 need to be debated in parliament.
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Published 4 December 2018
Last updated 29 January 2019
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This SI was laid before Parliament on 28 January under the negative procedure
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Both sifting committees have given their recommendation for this statutory instrument.
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First published.