Regulation 2 Amendment of Regulations

in regulation 2 by the insertion, after the definition of “consumer”, of the following definition–

• ““disinfected” means subjected to a process which removes or renders inactive pathogenic micro-organisms so as to satisfy the requirements of Part II of these Regulations in respect of the parameters listed in Table C; and cognate expressions (with the exception of the term “residual disinfectant”) shall be construed accordingly;”;

in regulation 3(5) and (6) by the substitution for the words “paragraph (2)(c)” of the words “paragraph (3)(c)”;

in regulation 3(6) by the substitution for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of the following sub-paragraphs–

“(a)

if, in the preceding 12 months, 50 or more samples have been taken in accordance with these Regulations in respect of that parameter, every such sample taken in those months; or

(b)

in any other case, the last 50 samples so taken,”;

in regulation 6(2) by the substitution for the words from the beginning of the paragraph to the beginning of sub-paragraph (a) of the following words–

“An authorisation given under this Part may include conditions relating to–”;

by the substitution for regulation 8(1)(c) of the following–

“(c)

regulation 6 authorised only imposition of the conditions mentioned in paragraph (2) thereof”;

in regulations 10 and 16 by the substitution for the words “so specified” of the words “specified in this Part”;

in regulation 13(7) by the omission after head (ii) of the words “in respect of that parameter”;

in regulations 13(8)(b) and 19(2)(b) by the substitution for the words “other period” and “the period” of the words “other part of the period” and “that part”, respectively;

in regulation 22 by the omission of the definition of “disinfected”;

in regulation 23(1) by the substitution for the words “consists in” of the words “consists of”;

in regulation 24(3) by the substitution for the words “of the kind mentioned in section 52(3)(a) of the Act” of the words “which is subject to water pressure from a water main or would be so subject but for the closing of some valve and”; and

in regulation 25(1)(b) by the insertion after the word “affect” of the word “adversely”.