Surface Waters (Dangerous Substances) (Classification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

1.  Subject to paragraph 2, the criteria for the classification DS5 are that—

(a)the annual mean concentration of each substance listed in column (1) of Table 6 in samples taken from the sampling point for the waters in question in accordance with regulation 4 does not exceed the relevant limit shown in column (2) of that Table; and

(b)subject to paragraph 3, the concentration of each substance listed in column (1) of Table 7 in each sample so taken does not exceed the relevant limit shown in column (2) of that Table.