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1. These Regulations may be cited as the Surface Waters (Dangerous Substances) (Classification) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 25th March 1998.
2. The classification DS6 and the criteria for that classification set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations shall apply for classifying inland freshwaters(1) with a view to reducing the pollution of those waters by the dangerous substances listed in that Schedule.
3. The classification DS7 and the criteria for that classification set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations shall apply for classifying coastal waters(1) and relevant territorial waters(1) with a view to reducing the pollution of those waters by the dangerous substances listed in that Schedule.
4. The Environment Agency shall ensure that waters classified under these Regulations are sampled at such sampling points and at such times, and samples are analysed in such manner, as the Agency considers necessary for—
(a)monitoring the effect on those waters of discharges containing the dangerous substances in question; and
(b)determining the extent to which those waters are polluted by those substances and whether the requirements for the relevant classification are satisfied.
5. Section 83 of the Water Resources Act 1991 (water quality objectives) shall have effect as if—
(a)it imposed a duty on the Secretary of State to exercise his powers under that section to apply the classification DS6 to all inland freshwaters and the classification DS7 to all coastal waters and relevant territorial waters and to specify 1st April 1998 as the relevant date in each case; and
(b)in relation to performance of that duty and the resulting water quality objectives, subsections (3) to (6) of that section (reviews and consultation requirements) were omitted.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Michael Meacher
Minister of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
19th February 1998
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Win Griffiths
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
23rd February 1998
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