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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/surface-waters-shellfish-classification-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-3",
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  "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/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Classification of waters",
  "text": "The classifications SFW and the criteria for that classification set out in Schedule 1 shall apply for classifying waters which are coastal or brackish waters which need protection or improvement in order to support shellfish (bivalve and gastropod mollluscs) life and growth and thus contribute to the high quality of shellfish products directly edible by man.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 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"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2009/61",
      "affecting_title": "The Surface Waters (Shellfish) (Classification) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/489/regulation/3",
    "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."
}