STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

S.I. No. 22 of 2001

QUALITY OF BATHING WATERS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2001

Dublin

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S.I. No. 22 of 2001

QUALITY OF BATHING WATERS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2001

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister for the Environment and Local Government by section 30 of the Local Government (Water Pollution) Act, 1977 ( No. 1 of 1977 ) and by section 26 of that Act as amended by the Local Government (Water Pollution)(Amendment) Act, 1990 (No. 21 of 1990) , which said powers are delegated to me by the Environment and Local Government (Delegation of Ministerial Functions)(No. 2) Order, 1997 ( S.I. No. 428 of 1997 ), I, Dan Wallace, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment and Local Government, hereby make the following Regulations:-

1.                      These Regulations may be cited as the Quality of Bathing Waters (Amendment) Regulations, 2001.

2.                      The Quality of Bathing Waters Regulations, 1992 ( S.I. No. 155 of 1992 ) are hereby amended by --

(a)      the substitution of “the Environmental Protection Agency” for “the Minister” in sub-articles (2), (3) and (4) of article 5, and

(b)      the insertion into column 1 of the First Schedule (as substituted by the Quality of Bathing Waters (Amendment) Regulations, 1998 ( S.I. No. 177 of 1998 )) of “The beach at Stroove” opposite the reference to Donegal County Council in column 2.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations designate the beach at Stroove, County Donegal, as a bathing area for the purposes of the Quality of Bathing Waters Regulations, 1992. They also assign to the Environmental Protection Agency the function of granting departures under article 5 of the 1992 Regulations.