S.L. 549.21 Art. 9Regulations may be waived.

(1) These regulations may be waived:

(a) in the case of floods or other natural disasters;

(b) in the case of certain parameters marked (O) in Annex II because of exceptional meteorological or geographical conditions;

(c) where surface water undergoes natural enrichment in certain substances as a result of which it would exceed the limits laid down for categories A1, A2 and A3 in the table in Annex II;

(d) in the case of surface water in shallow lakes or virtually stagnant surface water, for parameters marked with an asterisk in the table in Annex II, this derogation being applicable only to lakes with a depth not exceeding 20m, with an exchange of water slower than one year, and without a discharge of waste water into the water body: Provided that natural enrichment means the process whereby, without human intervention, a given body of water receives from the soil certain substances contained therein:

Provided further that in no case may the exceptions provided for in subregulation (1) disregard the requirements of public health protection.

(2) The competent authority shall, whenever it waives the provisions of these regulations, publish by notice in the Gazette the reasons and the periods anticipated.