S.I. No. 351/2011 - Bathing Water Quality (Amendment) Regulations 2011.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 8th July, 2011. | ||
I, PHIL HOGAN, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving effect to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 20001 and Directive 2006/7/EC of 15 February 20062 , hereby make the following regulations: | ||
Citation | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Bathing Water Quality (Amendment) Regulations 2011. | ||
Interpretation | ||
2. In these Regulations “the 2008 Regulations” means the Bathing Water Quality Regulations 2008 ( S.I. No. 79 of 2008 ). | ||
Amendment of Regulation 11 of the 2008 Regulations | ||
3. Regulation 11 of the 2008 Regulations is hereby amended by the insertion of the following subparagraph after subparagraph (4): | ||
‘(5) Paragraph (4) shall only apply where the sets of bathing water data used to carry out bathing water quality assessments comprise of at least 16 samples or, in the case of bathing waters situated in a region subject to special geographical constraints, 12 samples.’ | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
5 July 2011. | ||
PHIL HOGAN, | ||
Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE. | ||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation). | ||
This Regulation defines further the minimum number of bathing water samples required to carry out a bathing water quality assessment. The Regulation gives further effect to Council Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 and Directive 2006/7/EC of 15 February 2006, on the quality of bathing waters and amends Statutory Instrument No. 79 of 2008. | ||
