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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quality-of-bathing-water-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-6",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2008/231",
  "legislation_title": "The Quality of Bathing Water Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quality-of-bathing-water-regulations-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Public participation",
  "text": "(1) The Department shall—\n(a) encourage public participation in the exercise of its functions under these Regulations; and\n(b) ensure that the public has an opportunity—\n(i) to find out how to participate; and\n(ii) to submit comments or complaints.\n(2) The Department shall take due account of any information it has obtained from the public when exercising its functions under these Regulations.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 6 in operation at 30.6.2008, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/231/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:36:19.371496+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."
}