Acts and Regulations

2002-13 - Water Classification

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Mixing zones
16(1)Subject to the Watershed Protected Area Designation Order, where the creation of a new mixing zone is not prohibited in a class of water under column 6 of Schedule A, a person may create a new mixing zone in water classified under this Regulation as water of that class, if the mixing zone at all times meets the standards set out in Schedule B.
16(2)Subject to the Watershed Protected Area Designation Order, where the release of a contaminant into a mixing zone is not prohibited in a class of water under column 6 of Schedule A, a person may release a contaminant into a mixing zone in water classified as that class under this Regulation, if
(a) the person, the release and the mixing zone at all times are in compliance with any prohibition that is set out in column 6 of Schedule A in relation to that class of water, and
(b) the mixing zone at all times meets the standards set out in Schedule B.
16(3)Notwithstanding anything else in this Regulation, for the purposes of this Regulation, the standards set out in columns 2 to 5 of Schedule A do not apply to the water in a mixing zone.