# The Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2018, Regulation 37: Duties of local authorities: supplementary provision


(1) In performing their duty under section 77(1) of the Act, a local authority—
(a) must make such arrangements with the specified relevant supplier as will secure that the authority is notified as mentioned in regulation 35(6)(a)(i); and
(b) may take, or cause to be taken, and analyse, or cause to be analysed, by a person designated by them in writing, such samples of the water supplied to premises in their area as they may reasonably require.
(2) Regulation 15 applies to samples taken by virtue of paragraph (1) as it applies to samples taken for the purposes of Parts 4 and 5 of these Regulations, but regulation 15(1) is to be read as if for the words “water undertaker or supplementary licensee” there were to be substituted “ local authority ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2018/647/regulation/37 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-supply-water-quality-regulations-2018/regulation-37
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