The Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2014

Citation, commencement, extent and application S

1.—(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.

[F1 (3) Subject to paragraph (4), these Regulations (except Part 15) apply, to the extent relevant, only in relation to—

(a) water introduced into, or supplied through or from, any part of the public water supply system, including water supplied by Scottish Water pursuant to an arrangement under section 6(1)(b) of the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005;

(b) water supplied by Scottish Water by any other means, including from a tanker or in bottles or containers; and

(c) water supplied with the help of services provided by Scottish Water, as described in section 30 of the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002.]

(4) These Regulations do not apply to—

[F2 (a) water which is both intended for sale in bottles or containers and either—

(i) recognised as a natural mineral water by regulation 4(1) of the 2007 Regulations; or

(ii) required by regulation 10(1) or 13 of the 2007 Regulations to meet the requirements of schedule 2 of those Regulations;]

(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 use M1 ;

(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.

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 1(3) substituted (27.10.2017) by The Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/281), regs. 1(1), 2(2)

F2 Reg. 1(4)(a) substituted (27.10.2017) by The Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/281), regs. 1(1), 2(3)

Marginal Citations

M1 OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p.67, last amended by Directive 2012/26/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 299, 27.10.2012, p.1).