Groundwater Regulations 1998

HC Deb 02 February 1999 vol 324 cc567-8W

Mrs. Shephard

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when he expects to publish the Groundwater Regulations. [68967]

Mr. Meacher

The Groundwater Regulations 1998 were laid before Parliament on 11 November 1998. Transitional arrangements under the Regulations came into force on 1 January, and the main provisions come into force on 1 April 1999.