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5.—(1) The Department shall in the exercise of its relevant functions—
(a)ensure that by the end of the bathing season in 2015, all bathing waters are classified under regulation 12 as at least “sufficient”;
(b)take such realistic and proportionate measures as it considers appropriate in order to increase the number of bathing waters classified under regulation 12 as “good” or “excellent”; and
(c)otherwise ensure compliance with the requirements of the Bathing Water Directive.
(2) In this regulation “relevant functions” means functions under these Regulations and so far as relevant the enactments specified in Schedule 2 to the Water Framework Regulations.
(3) In the Water Framework Regulations, in Schedule 2 (relevant functions), in Part 2, after paragraph 26 insert—
“27. The Quality of Bathing Water Regulations (Northern Ireland)2008.”.
(4) The Department shall promptly provide a bathing water operator with such information as the Department considers the operator requires for the purpose of the operator’s functions under these Regulations.
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