# The Bathing Water (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2025, Regulation 11: Amendment to Schedule 4 (monitoring etc)

Extent: E+W

In Schedule 4—
(a) for paragraph 2(2), substitute—
“(2) In relation to any abnormal situation, the appropriate agency—
(a) may suspend the monitoring calendar for the duration of the situation;
(b) after the end of the situation and before the end of the bathing season must, where necessary, take sufficient additional samples to ensure that it has the minimum number required for the bathing water for the bathing season;
(c) may, where the appropriate agency expects to have the minimum number of samples required for the bathing water for the bathing season, take additional samples to replace those disregarded due to the suspension, where the appropriate agency considers appropriate.”;
(b) in paragraph 3—
(i) omit sub-paragraph (a);
(ii) in sub-paragraph (b), for “bathing water season” substitute “bathing season”;
(c) for paragraph 4(2)(b), substitute—
“(b) clearly identify every sample taken by marking the sample bottle and linking the bottle to its associated documentation.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1129/regulation/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/bathing-water-amendment-england-and-wales-regulations-2025/regulation-11
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