Northern Ireland Statutory Rule SI 2008 Northern Ireland

Quality of Bathing Water Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

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Enforced by
NIEA
Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

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Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Operator5

Plus 23 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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Part 1

PRELIMINARY

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2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.002 Interpretation
Part 2

GENERAL

4 of 5 sections shown
s.003 Identification of bathing waters Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Department must identify and publish annual bathing water listCrown / Minister / Government department
s.005 General duties Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Department must manage bathing water quality and inform operatorsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.006 Public participation Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Department must encourage public participation and consider commentsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.007 Bathing water profiles Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Department must create and keep bathing water profiles under reviewCrown / Minister / Government department
1 other section in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.004 Length of bathing season
Part 3

MONITORING OF BATHING WATERS AND PUBLIC INFORMATION

3 of 3 sections shown
s.008 Monitoring Regulated
  • Monitor your bathing water for litter and other waste pollutionOperator
s.009 Public information: duties of bathing water operator Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Bathing water operators must publish water quality and safety informationLocal authority
s.010 Public information: duties of the Department Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Department must publish bathing water information and operator descriptionsCrown / Minister / Government department
Part 4

BATHING WATER ASSESSMENT AND CLASSIFICATION

2 of 2 sections shown
s.011 Assessment Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Department must assess bathing water quality each seasonCrown / Minister / Government department
s.012 Classification Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Department must classify every bathing water after each bathing seasonCrown / Minister / Government department
Part 5

MANAGEMENT OF BATHING WATERS

3 of 3 sections shown
s.013 Management measures at bathing waters subject to pollution incidents Regulated
  • Operate a bathing water: act promptly on pollution incidents and warn the publicOperator
s.014 Additional management measures at “poor” bathing waters Regulated
  • Take management measures and post advice against bathing at poor bathing watersOperator
s.015 Additional management measures at bathing waters likely to be subject to incidents of short-term pollution Regulated
  • Take operator measures for short-term pollution at bathing waterOperator
Part 6

GENERAL PROVISIONS

2 of 6 sections shown
s.015 Annual reports Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Department must publish annual bathing water quality report by 30 AprilCrown / Minister / Government department
s.020 Co-operation on transboundary waters Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Department must notify Irish authorities and coordinate action on cross-border bathing water qualityCrown / Minister / Government department
4 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.016 Notice requiring bathing water operator to comply with the Regulations
s.017 Consequences of not complying with a notice under regulation 16
s.018 Enforcement powers
s.019 Power to obtain information
Part 7

REVOCATION

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1 other section in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.021 Revocation
Schedules

Schedules

14 of 15 shown
s.sch002 Review Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Department must review bathing water profiles on set cycles and after worksCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch003 Location of monitoring point Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Department must locate bathing water monitoring points and take samples correctlyCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch003 (1) The Department shall establish a visual monitoring programme at... Regulated
  • Set up and run a visual monitoring programme at your bathing waterOperator
s.sch003 Monitoring calendar Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Department must set bathing water monitoring calendar and sample on timeCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch003 Frequency of monitoring Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Department must monitor bathing water at least four times per seasonCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch003 Sampling equipment Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Department must use sterilised bottles and mark bathing water samplesCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch003 Storage and transport of samples before analysis Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Department must protect and chill bathing water samples before analysisCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch003 Reference methods of analysis Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Department must use ISO methods for bathing water bacteria analysisCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch003 Short-term pollution Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Department must exclude short-term pollution samples from bathing water dataCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch003 Where any bathing water profile indicates a potential for cyanobacterial... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Department must monitor bathing waters at risk of cyanobacterial proliferationCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch003 Where any bathing water profile indicates a tendency for proliferation... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Department must investigate bathing waters showing algae proliferationCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch004 The Department shall use the following standards for classification— Standards... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Department must classify bathing water using specified standardsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch004 Methodology Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Department must calculate bathing water percentile values using Annex II methodCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch004 Classification Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Department must classify bathing water quality at end of each seasonCrown / Minister / Government department
1 other schedule
s.sch002 Contents

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