{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surface-waters-fishlife-classification-scotland-regulations-1997/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2471",
  "legislation_title": "The Surface Waters (Fishlife) (Classification) (Scotland) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surface-waters-fishlife-classification-scotland-regulations-1997",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations prescribe a system for classifying the quality of inland waters which need protection or improvement in order to support fishlife.\nThe classifications SW (“salmonid waters”) and CW (“cyprinid waters”) reflect the mandatory values assigned by Directive 78/659/EEC (on the quality of fresh waters needing protection or improvement in order to support fishlife) to the parameters listed in the Schedule to these Regulations.\nThe Regulations also incorporate the reference methods of measurement, and the minimum frequency required for sampling and analysis, laid down in that Directive for those parameters.\nThe Regulations, together with the Surface Waters (Fishlife) (Scotland) Directions 1997, transpose Directive 78/659/EEC.\nCopies of the Surface Waters (Fishlife) (Scotland) Directions 1997 may be obtained from the Environment Protection Unit, Scottish Office Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries Department, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh EH6 6QQ.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2471/note",
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  "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."
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