Surface Waters (Dangerous Substances) (Classification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Modification of Section 4C of the Water Act (Northern Ireland) 1972

5.  Section 4C of the Water Act (Northern Ireland) 1972(1) shall have effect as if–

(a) it imposed a duty on the Department to exercise the powers conferred on it by that section to apply the classification–

(i) DS1 to all inland freshwaters;

(ii) DS2 to all coastal waters and relevant territorial waters;

(iii) DS3 to all relevant territorial waters, coastal waters and inland freshwaters;

(iv) DS4 to all inland freshwaters;

(v) DS5 to all coastal waters and relevant territorial waters;

(vi) DS6 to all inland freshwaters;

(vii) DS7 to all coastal waters and relevant territorial waters; and

(b) in relation to the establishment of water quality objectives in pursuance of that duty, subsections (3) to (7) of that section were omitted.

(1)

As inserted by S.I. 1993/3165 (N.I. 16) Art. 16