{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-water-supplies-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/regulation-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-water-supplies-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/regulation-17.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2017/211",
  "legislation_title": "The Private Water Supplies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-water-supplies-regulations-northern-ireland-2017",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Procedure following investigation",
  "text": "(1) Once the Department has established the cause of the water being unwholesome in a private water supply monitored under these regulations, it must act in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).\n(2) If the cause of the water not being wholesome is attributable to the domestic distribution system within a private dwelling, the Department must promptly offer advice to the consumers on measures necessary for the protection of health.\n(3) If paragraph (2) does not apply and if it cannot solve the problem informally the Department—\n(a) may, on application by a relevant person, grant an authorisation to that person if the conditions in regulation 18 (2) are fulfilled; and\n(b) if it does not grant an authorisation must serve a notice in accordance with Article 119 of the 2006 Order or serve a notice under regulation 19, if the conditions in that regulation are fulfilled.\n(4) Before serving a notice the Department must have regard to any agreement, contract, licence or other document produced to the Department relating to the terms on which water is supplied.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/211/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:51:01.602850+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}