The Water and Floods (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (Withdrawn)

The Water and Floods (Amendments) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 ensure that flood and water-related legislation will continue to be operable in the United Kingdom (UK) after it leaves the European Union (EU). The instrument addresses deficiencies in the retained EU law arising from the UK’s 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.

The government withdrew this statutory instrument from consideration.

Statutory instrument

the Water and Floods (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 - SI

Explanatory memorandum

The Water and Floods (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 - EM

Published 15 November 2018
Last updated 22 November 2018 + show all updates
  1. This Statutory Instrument was withdrawn on 21 November 2018. This was due to an error in the explanatory memorandum. A corrected version was re-laid on the 21 November 2018.

  2. both the SI and EM were re-laid on 21 November to correct errors in the EM

  3. First published.