PART 6 U.K.Miscellaneous
FeesU.K.
21. Provision for charging fees is set out in Schedule 5.
ReviewU.K.
22.—(1) The Secretary of State must from time to time—
(a)carry out a review of the regulatory provision in these Regulations, and
(b)publish a report setting out the conclusions of the review.
(2) In carrying out a review of any regulatory provision which implements an obligation in Council Directive 98/83/EC on the quality of water intended for human consumption M1 and Council Directive 2013/51/Euratom laying down requirements for the protection of the health of the general public with regard to radioactive substances in water intended for human consumption M2, the Secretary of State must have regard to how the obligation is implemented in other member States.
(3) The report must in particular—
(a)set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory provision,
(b)assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved,
(c)assess whether those objectives remain appropriate, and
(d)if those objectives remain appropriate, assess the extent to which they could be achieved in another way which involves less onerous regulatory provision.
(4) The first report under this regulation must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force.
(5) Subsequent reports under this regulation must be published at intervals not exceeding five years.
(6) In this regulation, “regulatory provision” has the meaning given by section 32(4) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 M3.
Marginal Citations
M1OJ No L 330, 5.12.1998, p 32, as last amended by Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1787 (OJ No L 260, 7.10.2015, p 6).
M2OJ No L 296, 7.11.2013, p 12.
RevocationsU.K.
23.—(1) The 2009 Regulations are revoked.
(2) Regulation 10 of the Water Supply Regulations 2010 M4 is revoked.
(3) Paragraph 133 of Schedule 2 to the National Treatment Agency (Abolition) and the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2013 M5 is revoked.
Transitional provisionsU.K.
24.—(1) On the coming into force of these Regulations—
(a)an authorisation granted under regulation 17(2) of the 2009 Regulations which is in force immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations is taken to be an authorisation granted under regulation 17(2) of these Regulations;
(b)a second authorisation granted under regulation 17(9) of the 2009 Regulations which is in force immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations is taken to be a second authorisation granted under regulation 17(9) of these Regulations;
(c)a notice served under regulation 18 of the 2009 Regulations which is in force immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations (“an existing notice”) is taken to be a notice served under regulation 18 of these Regulations.
(2) An appeal may be made under regulation 19(1) of these Regulations against an existing notice if, on the date these Regulations come into force, the time for making an appeal under regulation 19(1) of the 2009 Regulations had not expired.