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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Surface Waters (Fishlife) (Classification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (“the principal Regulations”).

Regulation 7 of the principal Regulations allows for the sampling of waters classified under those Regulations to be reduced in frequency or dispensed with in certain circumstances. Regulation 2 of these Regulations clarifies that regulation by setting out the circumstances in which sampling may be reduced or dispensed with. Should those circumstances change, the decision to reduce or discontinue sampling must be revisited.

These Regulations, together with the principal Regulations, transpose in part the requirements of Directive 78/659/EEC on the quality of fresh waters needing protection and improvement in order to support fish life in relation to Northern Ireland (O.J. No. L222, 14.08.78, p. 1). Copies of the Directive may be obtained from The Stationery Office Ltd., 16 Arthur Street, Belfast BT1 4GD.