1996 No. 602
The Control of Asbestos in Water (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996
Made
Coming into operation
The Department of the Environment, being a department designated1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722 in relation to the prevention, reduction and elimination of pollution of water, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by that section and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Asbestos in Water (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 20th February 1997.
Interpretation2
The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 19543 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Amendment3
After regulation 4 of the Control of Asbestos in Water Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19954 there shall be inserted the following regulation—
Measurement4A
1
The Department shall ensure that measurements are taken, at regular intervals, of asbestos discharges (made in accordance with a consent granted under regulation 4(1)) into the aquatic environment.
2
For the purpose of checking compliance with the limits specified in that consent the sampling and analysis procedures and methods shall be in conformity with those described in the Annex to the Directive or with any other procedure or method which gives equivalent results.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 20th December 1996.
(This note is not part of the Regulations.)