233 tal-2004 - Regolamenti tal-2004 li jemendaw ir-Regolamenti dwar il-Ħarsien ta’ l-Ilma mit-Tniġġis kaġunat b’Nitrati ġejjin mill-Biedja
Table of Provisions (7)
Statutory Text (7 Articles)
L.N. 233 of 2004
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT, 2001
(ACT NO. XX OF 2001)
Protection of Waters against Pollution caused by Nitrates from
Agricultural Sources (Amendment) Regulations, 2004
BY VIRTUE of the powers conferred by article 6, 9, 10(2) and 11
of the Environment Protection Act, 2001, the Minister for Rural Affairs
and the Environment has made the following regulations>-
The title of these regulations is the Protection of Waters against Citation.
Pollution caused by Nitrates from Agricultural Sources (Amendment)
Regulations, 2004 and they shall be read and construed as one with the
Protection of Waters against Pollution caused by Nitrates from L.N. 343 of 2001
Agricultural Sources Regulations, 2001, hereinafter referred to as “the
principal regulations”.
For subregulation (2) of regulation 4 of the principal Amends
4 of the principal
regulations there shall be substituted the following>-
regulations.
“(2) The competent authority shall designate as a vulnerable
zone all known areas of land in Malta which drain into the waters
identified according to sub-regulation (1) and which contribute to
pollution.”.
In regulation 5 of the principal regulations, the words “within Amends regulation
5 of the principal
a two-year period” shall be deleted.
regulations.
In subregulation (1) of regulation 6 of the principal regulations Amends regulation
6 of the principal
the words “within a two-year period” shall be deleted.
regulations.
In paragraph (a) of subregulation (1) of regulation 7 of the Amends regulation
principal regulations the words “within two years of the coming into 7 regulations.
force of these regulations,” shall be deleted.
The following Annex shall be inserted immediately after Adds new Annex VI
to the principal
Annex V to the principal regulations>
regulations.
“Annex VI
All of Malta shall be one entire Nitrate Vulnerable Zone”.
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