{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surface-waters-dangerous-substances-classification-regulations-northern-ireland-1998/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surface-waters-dangerous-substances-classification-regulations-northern-ireland-1998/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1998/397",
  "legislation_title": "Surface Waters (Dangerous Substances) (Classification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surface-waters-dangerous-substances-classification-regulations-northern-ireland-1998",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Classification of waters",
  "text": "(1) The classification DS1 and the criteria for that classification set out in Schedule 1 shall apply for classifying inland freshwaters.\n(2) The classification DS2 and the criteria for that classification set out in Schedule 2 shall apply for classifying coastal waters and relevant territorial waters.\n(3) The classification DS3 and the criteria for that classification set out in Schedule 3 shall apply for classifying relevant territorial waters, coastal waters and inland freshwaters.\n(4) The classification DS4 and the criteria for that classification set out in Schedule 4 shall apply for classifying inland freshwaters with a view to reducing the pollution of those waters by the substances listed in that Schedule.\n(5) The classification DS5 and the criteria for that classification set out in Schedule 5 shall apply for classifying coastal waters and relevant territorial waters with a view to reducing the pollution of those waters by the substances listed in that Schedule.\n(6) The classification DS6 and the criteria for that classification set out in Schedule 6 shall apply for classifying inland freshwaters with a view to reducing the pollution of those waters by the substances listed in that Schedule.\n(7) The classification DS7 and the criteria for that classification set out in Schedule 7 shall apply for classifying coastal waters and relevant territorial waters with a view to reducing the pollution of those waters by the substances listed in that Schedule.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1998/397/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:22:19.119822+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."
}