{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/chemical-analysis-of-water-status-technical-specifications-regulations-northern-ireland-2011/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/chemical-analysis-of-water-status-technical-specifications-regulations-northern-ireland-2011/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2011/238",
  "legislation_title": "The Chemical Analysis of Water Status (Technical Specifications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/chemical-analysis-of-water-status-technical-specifications-regulations-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Quality assurance and control",
  "text": "The Department shall ensure that—\n(a) it or a party contracted by it apply quality management system practices in accordance with EN ISO/IEC-17025 standard or other equivalent standard accepted at international level;\n(b) it or a party contracted by it demonstrate their competence in analysing relevant physico-chemical or chemical measurands by:\n(i) participation in proficiency testing programmes covering the methods of analysis referred to in regulation 4 of measurands at levels of concentrations that are representative of monitoring programmes carried out under r regulation 11 of the 2017 Regulations , and\n(ii) analysis of available reference materials that are representative of collected samples which contain appropriate levels of concentrations in relation to relevant environmental quality standards referred to in regulation 5;\n(c) the proficiency testing programme referred to in paragraph (b) subparagraph (i) shall be organised by accredited organisations or internationally or nationally recognised organisations which meet the requirements of ISO/IEC guide 43-1 or of other equivalent standard accepted at international level; and\n(d) the results of participation in the proficiency testing programmes referred to in paragraph (b) subparagraph (i) shall be evaluated on the basis of the scoring systems set out in ISO/IEC guide 43-1 or in the ISO-13528 standard or in other equivalent standard accepted at international level.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 7 substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(b), 4(1) of the amending Rule) by The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/81), reg. 1(a), Sch. 4 para. 6(3) (with reg. 37)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 7 in operation at 20.8.2011, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "ISO/IEC Guide 43-1 Proficiency testing by interlaboratory comparison Part 1: Development and operation of proficiency testing schemes. Published by the International Organisation for Standardisation (www.iso.org)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "ISO 13528:2005. Statistical methods for use in proficiency testing by interlaboratory comparisons. Published by the International Organisation for Standardisation (www.iso.org)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/238/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:20:51.851808+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}