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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Water Environment (Floods Directive) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 and will come into operation on 27th July 2018.
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(1) The Water Environment (Floods Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 shall be amended as provided by paragraphs (2) to (4).
(2) In regulation 2 (Interpretation), in paragraph (2) for the definition of “the Department” there shall be substituted—
 “the Department means the Department for Infrastructure;”
(3) In regulation 19(2)(a), for “Rivers” to the end substitute “its headquarters and through its website”.
(4) In regulation 19(4), for sub-paragraphs (d) to (f) substitute—“
(d) the Department of Communities.
(e) the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.”
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 5th July 2018
Brian Doherty
A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
