S.I. No. 99/1989:

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (QUALITY OF BATHING WATER) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1989.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (QUALITY OF BATHING WATER) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1989.

The Minister for the Environment in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3 of the European Communities Act, 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving further effect to the Council Directive of 8th December, 1975 (No. 76/160/EEC)* hereby makes the following Regulations:

*O.J. No. L31/1, 5 February 1976.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Communities (Quality of Bathing Water) (Amendment) Regulations, 1989.

2. These Regulations and the European Communities (Quality of Bathing Water) Regulations, 1988 may be cited together as the European Communities (Quality of Bathing Water) Regulations, 1988 and 1989.

3. The European Communities (Quality of Bathing Water) Regulations, 1988 are hereby amended by the deletion of the First Schedule and the substitution therefor of the following:

"FIRST SCHEDULE

BATHING AREAS

"

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment this

4th day of May, 1989.

PADRAIG FLYNN,

Minister for the Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations amend the European Communities (Quality of Bathing Water) Regulations, 1988 which prescribe bathing water quality standards and the bathing areas to which they apply, together with the sampling programme and the methods of analysis and inspection to be used by local authorities to determine compliance with the standards. The effect of the amendment is to add 12 bathing areas to the 52 bathing areas listed in the First Schedule of the 1988 Regulations. The Regulations as amended give effect to Council Directive No. 76/160/EEC of 8 December, 1975 (O.J. No. L31/1, 5 February, 1976) concerning the quality of bathing water.