Application and interpretationS
5.—(1) This Part applies only in relation to the supply of water for human consumption purposes by Scottish Water in the performance of its duties under Part VIA of the 1980 Act.
(2) In this Part—
“audit monitoring” means monitoring for the purpose of obtaining information from which it may be established, as regards a parameter in Table A, Table B or Table C, whether the concentration, value or state of the parameter in water supplied for human consumption purposes complies with the prescribed concentration or value for that parameter (at the point of compliance or, as the case may be, point of monitoring); and
“check monitoring” means monitoring for the purpose of obtaining information as to—
the organoleptic and microbiological quality of water; and
the effectiveness of any drinking-water treatment used (particularly of disinfection),
for the purpose of determining, as regards a parameter (in Table A, Table B or Table C) listed in Table 1, whether the concentration, value or state of the parameter in water supplied for human consumption purposes complies with the prescribed concentration or value for that parameter (at the point of compliance or, as the case may be, point of monitoring).