Regulation 16 Amendment of the 2014 Regulations

In schedule 1 (prescribed concentrations and values)—

(a)

for Table B (chemical parameters) (and the notes to that table) substitute the table contained in schedule 1 of these Regulations,

(b)

for Table C (indicator parameters) (and the notes to that table) substitute the table contained in schedule 2 of these Regulations,

(c)

after Table C (and the notes to that table) (as inserted by paragraph (b))—

(i)

before the definition of “NTU” insert—

““HAAs” means the sum of the following haloacetic acides: monochloro-, dichloro-, and trichloro-acetic acid, and mono- and dibromo-acetic acid,”,

(ii)

in the definition of “Pesticide”—

(aa)

omit “, molluscicide”,

(bb)

for “the relevant metabolites” to the end, insert “their metabolites as defined in point (32) of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f1 that are relevant metabolites”,

(iii)

after the definition of “Pesticides: Total”, insert—

““relevant metabolite” means a pesticide metabolite that has intrinsic properties comparable to those of the parent substance in terms of its pesticide target activity or that either itself or its transformation products generate a health risk for consumers,”

“Sum of PFAS” means the sum of the following perfluoroalkyl substances considered a concern as regards water intended for human consumption—

Perfluorobutanoic acid,

Perfluoropentanoic acid,

Perfluorohexanoic acid,

Perfluoroheptanoic acid,

Perfluorooctanoic acid,

Perfluorononanoic acid,

Perfluorodecanoic acid,

Perfluoroundecanoic acid,

Perfluorododecanoic acid,

Perfluorotridecanoic acid,

Perfluorobutane sulfonic acid,

Perfluoropentane sulfonic acid,

Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid,

Perfluoroheptane sulfonic acid,

Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid,

Perfluorononane sulfonic acid,

Perfluorodecane sulfonic acid,

Perfluoroundecane sulfonic acid,

Perfluorododecane sulfonic acid,

Perfluorotridecane sulfonic acid,”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: EUR 1107/2009, as relevantly amended by EUR 2019/1009 and S.I. 2019/556.