{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quality-of-bathing-water-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/schedule-3/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quality-of-bathing-water-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/schedule-3/paragraph-5.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/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Storage and transport of samples before analysis",
  "text": "(1) The Department shall—\n(a) at all times, protect every sample taken from exposure to light, and in particular, direct sunlight; and\n(b) conserve every sample at a temperature of around 4 degrees Celsius between sampling and laboratory analysis.\n(2) In relation to any sample, if the interval between sampling and laboratory analysis is likely to exceed four hours, the Department shall conserve the sample in a refrigerator.\n(3) The Department shall ensure that the time between sampling and laboratory analysis does not exceed 24 hours and must use its best endeavours to keep this time as short as possible.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 5 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/5",
    "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."
}