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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Urban Waste Water Treatment (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 30th May 2003.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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(1) The Urban Waste Water Treatment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 shall be amended as follows.
(2) Regulations 3(3) and 12(b) shall be revoked.
(3) After regulation 3 there shall be inserted the following Regulations –“
3A. 

(1) Where the Department decides on a review under regulation 3(2) –
(a) that any area of water identified as a sensitive area or as a high natural dispersion area should no longer be identified as such; or
(b) that any area of water not previously identified as a sensitive area or as a high natural dispersion area should be identified as such,
it shall act in accordance with the provisions set out in paragraph (2).
(2) The Department shall before its decision takes effect –
(a) publish a notice of its decision and the date on which it takes effect –
(i) in the Belfast Gazette; and
(ii) on its web-site;
(b) ensure that revised maps are deposited at the offices of the Department in Calvert House, 23 Castle Place, Belfast BT1 1FY –
(i) reflecting the Department’s decision; and
(ii) indicating the date on which the decision takes effect; and
(c) take such other steps as it considers appropriate to publicise its decision.
(3) A decision on a review under regulation 3(2) takes effect from the date stated in the Department’s notice under paragraph (2)(a) and shall continue in force until a subsequent decision changing it following such a review takes effect.
3B. 

(1) The Department shall ensure that its web-site –
(a) shows maps of all areas of water currently identified as a sensitive area or as a high natural dispersion area; and
(b) gives the date on which any area of water was identified as a sensitive area or high natural dispersion area, or ceased to be so identified.
(2) The Department shall keep available at its offices in Calvert House, 23 Castle Place, Belfast BT1 1FY, at all reasonable times for inspection by the public free of charge –
(a) the maps showing sensitive areas and high natural dispersion areas deposited with the Environment Agency for the purposes of regulation 2; and,
(b) the information mentioned in paragraph (1)(b).”
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 29th May 2003.
Judena Goldring
A senior officer of the
Department of the Environment
