# The Bathing Water (Amendment) (Wales) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020

W.S.I. 2020/507 · made 12 May 2020

These Regulations make amendments to the Regulations set out below, and in the manner explained, as a result of pressures and work prioritisation related to the virus known as Coronavirus or “Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2”, which causes the disease known as “COVID-19”.

Made under: European Communities Act 1972 (repealed) (Section 2)

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## Introductory text

Water Resources, Wales
Made 12 May 2020
Laid before Senedd Cymru 14 May 2020
Coming into force 15 May 2020
The Welsh Ministers are designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to water resources.
The Welsh Ministers make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.

## 1 Title, commencement and application

(1) The title of these Regulations is the Bathing Water (Amendment) (Wales) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 and they come into force on 15 May 2020.
(2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

## 2 Amendment of the Bathing Water Regulations 2013

(1) The Bathing Water Regulations 2013 are amended as follows.
(2) For regulation 4 (length of bathing season) substitute—
“4. For the purposes of these Regulations, the bathing season in Wales—
(a) subject to paragraph (b), begins on 15th May and ends at the end of the day on 30th September in each year;
(b) for the year 2020, begins on 22nd June and ends at the end of the day on 30th September.”

## Signature

Lesley Griffiths
Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers
12 May 2020

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations make amendments to the Regulations set out below, and in the manner explained, as a result of pressures and work prioritisation related to the virus known as Coronavirus or “Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2”, which causes the disease known as “COVID-19”.
These Regulations amend regulation 4 of the Bathing Water Regulations 2013 in order to change the start date of the bathing season in Wales for the year 2020.
The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.

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