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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surface-waters-dangerous-substances-classification-regulations-1998/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surface-waters-dangerous-substances-classification-regulations-1998/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/389",
  "legislation_title": "The Surface Waters (Dangerous Substances) (Classification) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surface-waters-dangerous-substances-classification-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Classification of inland freshwaters",
  "text": "The classification DS6 and the criteria for that classification set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations shall apply for classifying inland freshwaters with a view to reducing the pollution of those waters by the dangerous substances listed in that Schedule.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "For the definition of “inland freshwaters”, “coastal waters” and “relevant territorial waters” see section 104(1) of the Water Resources Act 1991."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/389/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:37:09.890914+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."
}