Surface Waters (Fishlife) (Classification) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 1053 of 2003).

Regulation 4 of the principal Regulations allows for the sampling of waters classified under those Regulations to be reduced in frequency or dispensed with in certain circumstances. Regulation 2 of these Regulations clarifies that regulation by setting out the circumstances in which sampling may be reduced or dispensed with. Should those circumstances change, the decision to reduce or discontinue sampling must be revisited.