Northern Ireland Statutory Rule
2008
Northern Ireland
Quality of Bathing Water Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008
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Schedules
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Review
Location of monitoring point
(1) The Department shall establish a visual monitoring programme at...
Monitoring calendar
Frequency of monitoring
Sampling equipment
Storage and transport of samples before analysis
Reference methods of analysis
Short-term pollution
Where any bathing water profile indicates a potential for cyanobacterial...
Where any bathing water profile indicates a tendency for proliferation...
The Department shall use the following standards for classification— Standards...
Methodology
Classification
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Citation and commencement
Interpretation
Identification of bathing waters
Length of bathing season
General duties
Public participation
Bathing water profiles
Monitoring
Public information: duties of bathing water operator
Public information: duties of the Department
Assessment
Classification
Management measures at bathing waters subject to pollution incidents
Additional management measures at “poor” bathing waters
Additional management measures at bathing waters likely to be subject to incidents of short-term pollution
Annual reports
Notice requiring bathing water operator to comply with the Regulations
Consequences of not complying with a notice under regulation 16
Enforcement powers
Power to obtain information
Co-operation on transboundary waters
Revocation
Enforcement and responsible bodies
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Northern Ireland Environment Agency
Northern Ireland's environmental regulator. Part of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA). Issues environmental permits, regulates waste and emissions, …
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Made under
Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 1999 Primary Act
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