Regulation 5 Modification of Section 4C of the Water Act (Northern Ireland) 1972

Section 4C of the Water Act (Northern Ireland) 1972^f1 shall have effect as if–

(a)

it imposed a duty on the Department to exercise the powers conferred on it by that section to apply the classification–

(i)

DS1 to all inland freshwaters;

(ii)

DS2 to all coastal waters and relevant territorial waters;

(iii)

DS3 to all relevant territorial waters, coastal waters and inland freshwaters;

(iv)

DS4 to all inland freshwaters;

(v)

DS5 to all coastal waters and relevant territorial waters;

(vi)

DS6 to all inland freshwaters;

(vii)

DS7 to all coastal waters and relevant territorial waters; and

(b)

in relation to the establishment of water quality objectives in pursuance of that duty, subsections (3) to (7) of that section were omitted.

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