{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surface-waters-fishlife-classification-regulations-1997/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surface-waters-fishlife-classification-regulations-1997/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1331",
  "legislation_title": "The Surface Waters (Fishlife) (Classification) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surface-waters-fishlife-classification-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Classification of waters",
  "text": "The classifications SW (“salmonid waters”) and CW (“cyprinid waters”), and the criteria for those classifications, set out in the Schedule to these Regulations shall apply for classifying inland freshwaters which need protection or improvement in order to support fish life.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1331/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:08:21.146177+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."
}