{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-supply-water-quality-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-supply-water-quality-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2002/331",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-supply-water-quality-regulations-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Interpretation and application of Part IV",
  "text": "(1) In this Part, “audit monitoring” means monitoring for the purpose of obtaining information from which it may be established –\n(a) as regards the parameters listed in Tables A and B in Schedule 1, whether water supplied for regulation 4(1) purposes satisfies the provisions of Part III or, if a departure has been authorised under Part VI in relation to that supply, those provisions as read with the terms of that departure; and\n(b) as regards indicator parameters, whether water supplied for regulation 4(1) purposes meets the specifications for those parameters.\n(2) In this Part, “check monitoring” means monitoring for the purpose of obtaining information at regular intervals –\n(a) as to the organoleptic and microbiological quality of water; and\n(b) where relevant, as to the effectiveness of drinking-water treatment (particularly of disinfection),\nfor the purpose of determining –\n(i) as regards the parameters listed in Tables A and B in Schedule 1, whether water supplied for regulation 4(1) purposes satisfies the provisions of Part III or, if a departure has been authorised under Part VI in relation to that supply, those provisions as read with the terms of that departure; and\n(ii) as regards indicator parameters, whether water supplied for regulation 4(1) purposes meets the specifications for those parameters.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 in operation at 1.1.2004, see reg. 1(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/331/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:06:16.045012+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."
}