The Quality of Bathing Water (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
Source: legislation.gov.uk (2025-06-02)

These Regulations replace Schedule 1 of the Quality of Bathing Water Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008, to add Brompton Bay, Cushendall, Drain’s Bay, Donaghadee, Portmuck, Rea’s Wood (Inland) and Warrenpoint to the list of identified bathing waters in Regulations.

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2025 No. 81

Environmental Protection

The Quality of Bathing Water (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025

Made

7th May 2025

Coming into operation

31st May 2025

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Section 14(2) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (“2023 Act”)(1 (\"#f00001\")).

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs is a relevant national authority for the purposes of section 14(2) of the 2023 Act(2 (\"#f00002\")).

Citation and commencementN.I.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Quality of Bathing Water (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 and shall come into operation on 31st May 2025.

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 1 in operation at 31.5.2025, see reg. 1 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2025/81/regulation/1\")

InterpretationN.I.

2. The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(3 (\"#f00003\")) applies to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Commencement Information

I2Reg. 2 in operation at 31.5.2025, see reg. 1 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2025/81/regulation/1\")

Amendments to the Quality of Bathing Water Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008, as amended 2018N.I.

3. For Schedule 1 substitute—

Regulation 3

“SCHEDULE 1N.I.BATHING WATERS

1)

Ballycastle

2)

Ballygally

3)

Ballyholme

4)

Ballyhornan

5)

Ballywalter

6)

Benone (Magilligan)

7)

Brown’s Bay

8)

Brompton Bay, Bangor

9)

Carnlough

10)

Castlerock

11)

Cloughey

12)

Cranfield (Cranfield Bay)

13)

Crawfordsburn

14)

Cushendall

15)

Donaghadee

16)

Downhill

17)

Drain’s Bay

18)

Groomsport

19)

Helen’s Bay

20)

Kilclief

21)

Millisle

22)

Murlough Bay, Co. Down

23)

Newcastle

24)

Portballintrae (Salmon Rock)

25)

Portmuck

26)

Portrush (Curran Strand)

27)

Portrush (Mill Strand)

28)

Portstewart

29)

Rea’s Wood, Antrim

30)

Tyrella

31)

Warrenpoint, Sandy Bottom

32)

Waterfoot

33)

Whiterocks””

Commencement Information

I3Reg. 3 in operation at 31.5.2025, see reg. 1 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2025/81/regulation/1\")

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 7th May 2025.

Owen Lyttle

A senior officer of the

Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations replace Schedule 1 of the Quality of Bathing Water Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008, to add Brompton Bay, Cushendall, Drain’s Bay, Donaghadee, Portmuck, Rea’s Wood (Inland) and Warrenpoint to the list of identified bathing waters in Regulations.

(1)

2023 c.28 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2023/28\").

(2)

The term “relevant national authority” is defined in section 21(1) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023

(3)

1954 c.33 (N.I.) (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/apni/1954/33\")