{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surface-waters-dangerous-substances-classification-regulations-northern-ireland-1998/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surface-waters-dangerous-substances-classification-regulations-northern-ireland-1998/regulation-5.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/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Modification of Section 4C of the Water Act (Northern Ireland) 1972",
  "text": "Section 4C of the Water Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 shall have effect as if–\n(a) it imposed a duty on the Department to exercise the powers conferred on it by that section to apply the classification–\n(i) DS1 to all inland freshwaters;\n(ii) DS2 to all coastal waters and relevant territorial waters;\n(iii) DS3 to all relevant territorial waters, coastal waters and inland freshwaters;\n(iv) DS4 to all inland freshwaters;\n(v) DS5 to all coastal waters and relevant territorial waters;\n(vi) DS6 to all inland freshwaters;\n(vii) DS7 to all coastal waters and relevant territorial waters; and\n(b) in relation to the establishment of water quality objectives in pursuance of that duty, subsections (3) to (7) of that section were omitted.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "As inserted by S.I. 1993/3165 (N.I. 16) Art. 16"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1998/397/regulation/5",
    "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."
}