{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-water-supplies-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/schedule-4/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-water-supplies-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/schedule-4/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2017/211",
  "legislation_title": "The Private Water Supplies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-water-supplies-regulations-northern-ireland-2017",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Samples: general",
  "text": "The Department must ensure that each sample taken in accordance with a monitoring programme is—\n(a) representative of the water at the sampling point at the time of sampling;\n(b) not contaminated in the course of being taken;\n(c) for the chemical parameters copper, lead and nickel taken without prior flushing and is a random daytime sample of one litre volume;\n(d) for chemical parameters in the distribution network be undertaken in accordance with ISO 5667-5, other than where the sample is taken from a consumer's tap;\n(e) for microbiological parameters taken and handled according to EN ISO 19458, sampling purpose A and B;\n(f) kept at such temperature and in such conditions as will secure that there is no material alteration of a concentration, value or state of any parameter/measurement/observation for which the sample is to be analysed; and\n(g) analysed as soon as may be possible after it has been taken—\n(i) by a person who is competent to perform that task; and\n(ii) with the use of such equipment as is suitable for the purpose.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/211/schedule/4/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:51:01.602850+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."
}