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The Quality of Bathing Water (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025

S.R. 2025/81 · Made 7 May 2025 · Extends to Northern Ireland

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Environmental Protection

Made 7th May 2025

Coming into operation 31st May 2025

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Section 14(2) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (“2023 Act”)f1.

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs is a relevant national authority for the purposes of section 14(2) of the 2023 Actf2.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2023 c.28.

f2

The term “relevant national authority” is defined in section 21(1) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Amendments to the Quality of Bathing Water Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008, as amended 2018
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencementI1

These Regulations may be cited as the Quality of Bathing Water (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 and shall come into operation on 31st May 2025.

2InterpretationI1

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954f1 applies to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

3Amendments to the Quality of Bathing Water Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008, as amended 2018I1

For Schedule 1 substitute—

“SCHEDULE 1

BATHING WATERS

Regulation 3

  1. 1)

    Ballycastle

  2. 2)

    Ballygally

  3. 3)

    Ballyholme

  4. 4)

    Ballyhornan

  5. 5)

    Ballywalter

  6. 6)

    Benone (Magilligan)

  7. 7)

    Brown’s Bay

  8. 8)

    Brompton Bay, Bangor

  9. 9)

    Carnlough

  10. 10)

    Castlerock

  11. 11)

    Cloughey

  12. 12)

    Cranfield (Cranfield Bay)

  13. 13)

    Crawfordsburn

  14. 14)

    Cushendall

  15. 15)

    Donaghadee

  16. 16)

    Downhill

  17. 17)

    Drain’s Bay

  18. 18)

    Groomsport

  19. 19)

    Helen’s Bay

  20. 20)

    Kilclief

  21. 21)

    Millisle

  22. 22)

    Murlough Bay, Co. Down

  23. 23)

    Newcastle

  24. 24)

    Portballintrae (Salmon Rock)

  25. 25)

    Portmuck

  26. 26)

    Portrush (Curran Strand)

  27. 27)

    Portrush (Mill Strand)

  28. 28)

    Portstewart

  29. 29)

    Rea’s Wood, Antrim

  30. 30)

    Tyrella

  31. 31)

    Warrenpoint, Sandy Bottom

  32. 32)

    Waterfoot

  33. 33)

    Whiterocks””

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 7th May 2025.

L.S.

Owen Lyttle

A senior officer of the

Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations replace Schedule 1 of the Quality of Bathing Water Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008, to add Brompton Bay, Cushendall, Drain’s Bay, Donaghadee, Portmuck, Rea’s Wood (Inland) and Warrenpoint to the list of identified bathing waters in Regulations.