# The Quality of Bathing Water Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008, Paragraph 2: Monitoring calendar

Extent: N.I.

(1) The Department shall —
(a) establish a calendar which specifies dates for sampling for every bathing water before the start of every bathing season (‘a monitoring calendar’); and
(b) take samples at every bathing water no later than four days after the date specified in the monitoring calendar.
(2) In relation to abnormal situations—
(a) during the situation, the Department may suspend the monitoring calendar for the duration of such; and
(b) as soon as possible after the end of the situation, the Department shall—
(i) take one additional sample in order to verify that the incident has ended;
(ii) take sufficient additional samples to ensure it has the minimum number required for the bathing water for the bathing season.
(3) The Department shall not include the sample taken under sub-paragraph (2)(b)(i) in the set of bathing water quality data for a bathing water.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/231/schedule/3/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/quality-of-bathing-water-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/schedule-3/paragraph-2
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