{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quality-of-bathing-water-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/schedule-3/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quality-of-bathing-water-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/schedule-3/paragraph-4.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": "schedule/3/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Sampling equipment",
  "text": "(1) The Department shall only use sampling bottles which—\n(a) have been—\n(i) sterilised in an autoclave for at least 15 minutes at 121 degrees Celsius;\n(ii) dry sterilised at no lower than 160 degrees Celsius and no higher than 170 degrees Celsius for at least one hour; or\n(iii) irradiated by their manufacturer and not used previously;\n(b) are of a size which allows sufficient water to be taken and analysed for the presence of Intestinal enterococci and Escherichia coli; and\n(c) are made of transparent and colourless material.\n(2) The Department shall—\n(a) use aseptic techniques to maintain the sterility of the sample bottles; and\n(b) clearly identify every sample taken by marking in indelible ink the sample bottle and associated paperwork.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 4 in operation at 24.3.2012, see reg. 1(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/231/schedule/3/paragraph/4",
    "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."
}