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These Regulations may be cited as the Surface Waters (Fishlife) (Classification) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 29th October 2007.
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(1) The Surface Waters (Fishlife) (Classification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).
(2) In paragraph (2) of regulation 2 (interpretation) for “Directive 78/659/EEC (the quality of fresh waters needing protection or improvement in order to support fishlife)” substitute “Directive 2006/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the quality of fresh waters needing protection or improvement in order to support fishlife (“Directive 2006/44/EC”)”.
(3) In paragraph (b) of regulation 5 for “Directive 78/659/EEC” substitute “Directive 2006/454/EC”.
(4) In the heading of column 1 to the table contained in Part I of Schedule 1 (criteria for classification of waters as salmonid and cyprinid waters) for “No. in Annex 1 to 78/659/EEC” substitute “No. in Annex 1 to Directive 2006/44/EC”.
(5) In the heading of column 1 to the table contained in Part I of Schedule 2 (guideline values in relation to the quality of salmonid and cyprinid waters) for “No. in Annex 1 to 78/659/EEC” substitute “No. in Annex 1 to Directive 2006/44/EC”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 18 September 2007
Maggie Smith
A senior officer of the Department of the Environment
