{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surface-waters-fishlife-classification-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surface-waters-fishlife-classification-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1997/488",
  "legislation_title": "The Surface Waters (Fishlife) (Classification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surface-waters-fishlife-classification-regulations-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Compliance with relevant requirements",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), any waters classified under these Regulations shall be treated in relation to any period of 12 months as complying with the requirements specified in Schedule 1 for waters of the relevant class for any parameter if in that period in relation to those waters—\n(a) in the case of the parameter for pH, non-ionized ammonia, total ammonium, total residual chlorine or total zinc, 95 per cent of the samples taken for that parameter in accordance with regulation 7 comply with the requirements;\n(b) in the case of the parameter for temperature or dissolved oxygen, the percentage specified in that Schedule of samples taken for that parameter in accordance with regulation 7 comply with the requirements.\n(2) When the frequency of sampling is lower than 1 sample per month for any parameter mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a) in relation to any waters classified under these regulations, 100 per cent of samples taken for each of those parameters in accordance with regulation 7 in relation to those waters must comply with the requirements specified in Schedule 1 for waters of the relevant class.\n(3) Non-compliant samples shall be ignored for the purposes of paragraph (1) if they are the result of a flood or any other natural disaster.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in operation at 5.1.1998, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/1997/488",
      "affecting_title": "The Surface Waters (Fishlife) (Classification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/488/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:26:20.518764+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."
}