{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surface-waters-fishlife-classification-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surface-waters-fishlife-classification-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-8.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/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Derogations",
  "text": "(1) The Department may derogate from the requirements of these regulations—\n(a) in the case of parameters marked (O) in the Schedules, because of exceptional weather or special geographical conditions; or\n(b) where waters classified under these Regulations undergo natural enrichment in certain substances as a result of which they do not comply with the requirements specified in Schedule 1 or with any standard adopted as a result of regulation 5 for waters of the relevant class.\n(2) In this regulation, “natural enrichment” means a process whereby without human intervention a given body of water receives from the soil certain substances contained therein.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 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/8",
    "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."
}