{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-water-supplies-scotland-regulations-2014/schedule-1A/paragraph-4n2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-water-supplies-scotland-regulations-2014/schedule-1A/paragraph-4n2.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2014/364",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-water-supplies-scotland-regulations-2014",
  "path": "schedule/1A/paragraph/4n2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Indicative dose",
  "text": "(1) Scottish Water must monitor the water for indicative dose where—\n(a) a source of artificial radioactivity or elevated natural radioactivity is present; and\n(b) it cannot be shown on the basis of other representative monitoring programmes or other investigations that the indicative dose is below the prescribed concentration or value for that parameter.\n(2) Where sub-paragraph (1) requires monitoring (of radionuclide levels) only in relation to a source of artificial radioactivity, samples must be taken in accordance with paragraph 6.\n(3) Where sub-paragraph (1) requires monitoring (of radionuclide levels) in relation to a source of elevated natural radioactivity, Scottish Water must determine the frequency of the monitoring required of—\n(a) gross alpha activity;\n(b) gross beta activity; or\n(c) individual natural radionuclides,\ndepending on the screening strategy adopted pursuant to Part F of this schedule.\n(4) Where sub-paragraph (3) applies, the frequency determined may vary from a single check measurement to the frequency which would otherwise apply by virtue of paragraph 6.\n(5) Where a single check for natural radioactivity is specified under sub-paragraph (3), Scottish Water must carry out a further check if any change occurs in relation to the supply which is likely to influence the concentrations of radionuclides in the supply.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1A inserted (27.10.2017) by The Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/281), reg. 1(1), sch. 1 (as amended by The Public and Private Water Supplies (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/321), regs. 1, 3(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/364/schedule/1A/paragraph/4n2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:32:08.441116+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."
}