The Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2014

PART 15 S CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND REVOCATIONS

Amendment of the Water (Scotland) Act 1980 S

48.  In the 1980 Act M1 —

(a) in section 76E—

(i) after subsection (2) insert—

“(2A) The reference in subsection (2) of section 11 to “such a failure on the part of Scottish Water” is to be construed as a reference to a failure by Scottish Water in any of the duties referred to in subsection (1) above.”;

(ii) after subsection (3) insert—

“(3A) Before making an order under subsection (2) of section 11, the Scottish Ministers must consult the Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland.”; and

(iii) repeal subsection (4);

F1 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F1 (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d) for section 76FB(1)—

(i) the words from “have” to the end become paragraph (a); and

(ii) after that paragraph, insert—

“; or

(b) receive a report on the findings of an investigation in accordance with regulation 19(1)(c) of the Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (SSI 2014/364).”;

(e) in section 76FB(2), after “issue” insert “ or, as the case may be, the failure or apprehended failure which is the subject of the investigation, ”;

(f) in section 76FB(3)(a), after “issue” insert “ or, as the case may be, the failure or apprehended failure ”;

(g) in section 76FB(4) and (8), after “issue”, in each place it occurs, insert “ or a relevant failure ”;

(h) in section 76FB(9), for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—

“(a) Part 2 of Table B in Schedule 1 to the Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (SSI 2014/364);

(b) Table C in Schedule 1 to those Regulations;”;

(i) after section 76FB(9) insert—

“(10) In subsections (4) and (8) “a relevant failure” means a failure or apprehended failure which is the subject of an investigation to which subsection (1)(b) applies.”; and

(j) in section 76L(1A) repeal “otherwise than on the premises”M2 .

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 48(b)(c) revoked (27.10.2017) by The Water Intended for Human Consumption (Private Supplies) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/282), reg. 1(1), sch. 10 para. 4(b) (with reg. 2)

Marginal Citations

M1 1980 c.45; sections 76E and 76L were inserted by section 168 of, and Schedule 22 to, the Water Act 1989 (c.15); sections 76FA and 76FB were inserted by S.S.I. 2010/95.

M2 Section 76L was inserted by section 168 of, and Schedule 22 to, the Water Act 1989 (c.15) and paragraph (1A) of that section was inserted by section 56(6) of the Food Safety Act 1990 (c.16).

Amendment of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 S

49.  In the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 M3 , in paragraph 5(2)(n) of schedule 1, for the words from “Table B” to the end, substitute “ Part 1 of Table B in Schedule 1 to the Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (SSI 2014/364) ”.

Marginal Citations

M3 2003 asp 8.

Revocations S

50.—(1) The following instruments are revoked—

(a) the Surface Waters (Abstraction for Drinking Water) (Classification) (Scotland) Regulations 1996 M4 ;

(b) the Water Supply (Water Quality) (Scotland) Regulations 2001 M5 ; and

(c) the Water Supply (Water Quality) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2001 M6 .

(2) The following provisions are revoked—

(a) paragraphs 10 and 13 in Schedule 1 to the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2003 M7 ;

(b) regulation 37(1)(c) of the Private Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2006 M8 ;

(c) regulations 7 to 14 of the Water Quality (Scotland) Regulations 2010 M9 ;

(d) paragraph 9 in Schedule 1 to the European Union (Amendments in respect of the Accession of Croatia) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 M10 ; and

(e) paragraph 4 in Schedule 5 to the Construction Products Regulations 2013 M11 .

Marginal Citations

M4 S.I. 1996/3047, as amended by S.S.I. 2001/207 and S.S.I. 2003/331.

M5 S.S.I. 2001/207, as amended by S.S.I. 2001/238, S.S.I. 2003/331, S.S.I. 2010/95, S.S.I. 2013/177 and S.I. 2013/1387.

M6 S.S.I. 2001/238.

M7 S.S.I. 2003/331.

M8 S.S.I. 2006/209, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

M9 S.S.I. 2010/95.

M10 S.S.I. 2013/177.

M11 S.I. 2013/1387.