The Quality of Bathing Water Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

Public information: duties of bathing water operator

9.—(1) Every bathing water operator shall ensure that the following information about its bathing water is available during the bathing season in an easily accessible place in the vicinity of the bathing water—

(a) the bathing water’s current classification pursuant to regulation 12;

(b) whether any advice against bathing has been introduced there;

(c) a general description of the bathing water, in non-technical language, based on its bathing water profile;

(d) where its bathing water profile indicates that the bathing water is likely to be affected by incidents of short-term pollution—

(i) a statement to that effect;

(ii) an indication of the number of days for which advice against bathing was introduced there during the immediately preceding bathing season because of short-term pollution;

(iii) a warning whenever short-term pollution is predicted or present;

(e) information on the nature and expected duration of abnormal situations there; and

(f) an indication of the sources of more complete information published in accordance with regulation 10.

(2) Paragraph (3)(a) and (b) of regulation 10 shall apply to information provided under this regulation as it applies to information provided under that regulation.