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The Quality of Bathing Water (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025

Type Ni-Statutory-Rule
Publication 2025-05-07
State In force
Jurisdiction Northern Ireland
Department Government Printer for Northern Ireland
Source legislation.gov.uk
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Made: 7th May 2025

Coming into operation: 31st May 2025

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs is a relevant national authority for the purposes of section 14(2) of the 2023 Act[^f00002].

Citation and commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Quality of Bathing Water (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 and shall come into operation on 31st May 2025.

Interpretation

2

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954[^f00003] applies to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Amendments to the Quality of Bathing Water Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008, as amended 2018

3

For Schedule 1 substitute—

SCHEDULE1 1. Ballycastle 2. Ballygally 3. Ballyholme 4. Ballyhornan 5. Ballywalter 6. Benone (Magilligan) 7. Brown’s Bay 8. Brompton Bay, Bangor 9. Carnlough 10. Castlerock 11. Cloughey 12. Cranfield (Cranfield Bay) 13. Crawfordsburn 14. Cushendall 15. Donaghadee 16. Downhill 17. Drain’s Bay 18. Groomsport 19. Helen’s Bay 20. Kilclief 21. Millisle 22. Murlough Bay, Co. Down 23. Newcastle 24. Portballintrae (Salmon Rock) 25. Portmuck 26. Portrush (Curran Strand) 27. Portrush (Mill Strand) 28. Portstewart 29. Rea’s Wood, Antrim 30. Tyrella 31. Warrenpoint, Sandy Bottom 32. Waterfoot 33. Whiterocks”

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 7th May 2025.

Owen Lyttle — A senior officer of the — Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations replace Schedule 1 of the Quality of Bathing Water Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008, to add Brompton Bay, Cushendall, Drain’s Bay, Donaghadee, Portmuck, Rea’s Wood (Inland) and Warrenpoint to the list of identified bathing waters in Regulations.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2023 c.28.

[^f00002]: The term “relevant national authority” is defined in section 21(1) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023

[^f00003]: 1954 c.33 (N.I.)

Editorial notes

[^key-7659aeb6191dab6e65497f976308d6f0]: Reg. 1 in operation at 31.5.2025, see reg. 1

[^key-63d15c63e06f1d76e1ea78534514bd43]: Reg. 2 in operation at 31.5.2025, see reg. 1

[^key-a701a933b7a31b9c299a08900e99777d]: Reg. 3 in operation at 31.5.2025, see reg. 1

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