{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surface-waters-shellfish-classification-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surface-waters-shellfish-classification-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-11.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1997/489",
  "legislation_title": "The Surface Waters (Shellfish) (Classification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surface-waters-shellfish-classification-regulations-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "regulation/11",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Transfrontier consultation",
  "text": "(1) Where the Department considers classifying coastal and brackish waters in the immediate vicinity of the frontier with the Republic of Ireland, it shall consult with the competent authorities of that State in order to determine the stretches of such waters which should be classified for the purposes of these Regulations and the consequences to be drawn from the establishment of common quality objectives.\n(2) The consequences referred to in paragraph (1) shall be determined by each State after formal consultations and the Commission may participate in any such consultations.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 11 in operation at 5.1.1998, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/1997/489",
      "affecting_title": "The Surface Waters (Shellfish) (Classification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/489/regulation/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:26:19.805844+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."
}