PART 1GENERAL

Citation, commencement, extent and application1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 1st January 2015.

2

These Regulations extend to Scotland only.

3

These Regulations do not apply in relation to a private water supply.

4

These Regulations do not apply to—

a

water recognised as a natural mineral water under regulation 4(1) of the Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 20078;

b

water which is a medicinal product within the meaning of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Community Code relating to medicinal products for human use9;

c

water used exclusively for the purposes of washing a crop after it has been harvested where the quality of the water has no influence, either directly or indirectly, on the health of any person consuming the crop, or food or drink derived from the crop; and

d

water used during the distillation of spirits which is used—

i

exclusively in the mashing process;

ii

exclusively for washing plant; or

iii

in the mashing process and for washing plant, but for no other purposes,

where the quality of the water has no influence, either directly or indirectly, on the health of any person consuming the spirits, or food or drink derived from the spirits.