{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surface-waters-abstraction-for-drinking-water-classification-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surface-waters-abstraction-for-drinking-water-classification-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/603",
  "legislation_title": "The Surface Waters (Abstraction for Drinking Water) (Classification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surface-waters-abstraction-for-drinking-water-classification-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Guideline values and no deterioration principle",
  "text": "In discharging its pollution control functions in relation to any waters classified under these Regulations, the Department shall—\n(a) endeavour to respect the guideline values specified in column G of Schedule 1 for waters of the relevant class;\n(b) act in accordance with the principle that implementation of measures taken pursuant to Directive 75/440/EEC may under no circumstances lead directly or indirectly to deterioration of the current quality of surface water.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 in operation at 20.2.1997, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "O.J. No. L194, 25.7.75, p. 26"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/1996/603",
      "affecting_title": "The Surface Waters (Abstraction for Drinking Water) (Classification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/603/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:31:40.185100+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."
}