{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quality-of-bathing-water-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quality-of-bathing-water-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-8.json",
  "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/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Monitoring",
  "text": "(1) The Department shall monitor and carry out investigations at bathing waters in accordance with this regulation.\n(2) Monitoring for—\n(a) Intestinal enterococci and Escherichia coli shall be in accordance with Part 1 of Schedule 3;\n(b) cyanobacteria shall be in accordance with Part 2 of Schedule 3;\n(c) other pollution, which takes the form of tarry residues, glass, plastic, rubber or any other waste, shall be carried out in accordance with Part 4 of Schedule 3.\n(3) Investigation of macro-algae and marine phytoplankton proliferation shall be carried out in accordance with Part 3 of Schedule 3.\n(4) The bathing water operator shall also monitor in accordance with Part 4 of Schedule 3.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 in operation at 30.6.2008 for specified purposes, see reg. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Reg. 8 in operation at 24.3.2015 in so far as not already in operation, see reg. 1(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/231/regulation/8",
    "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."
}