{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-framework-directive-classification-priority-substances-and-shellfish-waters-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-framework-directive-classification-priority-substances-and-shellfish-waters-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2015/351",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Framework Directive (Classification, Priority Substances and Shellfish Waters) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-framework-directive-classification-priority-substances-and-shellfish-waters-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Typology and Environmental Standards",
  "text": "(1) The Department, in exercising the functions listed in paragraph (2) must in respect of the rivers, lakes, transitional waters and coastal waters—\n(a) assign a Type or Types in accordance with Part 1 of Schedule 1; and\n(b) apply environmental standards and biological boundary values to each river, lake, transitional water and coastal water, or part thereof, according to its assigned Type or Types, in accordance with Part 2 and Part 3 of Schedule 1.\n(2) The functions listed in paragraph (1) are\n(a) analysis and review of the characterisation of each river basin district in accordance with regulation 5(2) of the 2017 Regulations;\n(b) monitoring of the status of the water environment in each river basin district in accordance with regulation 11 of the 2017 Regulations;\n(c) setting of environmental objectives for each body of surface water in each river basin district in accordance with regulation 12(1)(a) of the 2017 Regulations;\n(d) preparing programmes of measures to achieve those objectives in accordance with regulation 12(1)(b) of the 2017 Regulations.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 3(2) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(b), 4(1) of the amending Rule) by The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/81), reg. 1(a), Sch. 4 para. 1(4) (with reg. 37)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/351/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:00:03.181368+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."
}