The Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2014

[F1 4.— [F2 (1) The minimum sampling frequency for a parameter under Part B of this schedule (including for a micro-organism, parasite or substance referred to in paragraph 2(1)(b) of that Part) may be reduced or any such parameter may be removed from the list of parameters to be monitored under paragraph 3(b), only if the Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland, by notice to Scottish Water, consents in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) to the reduction or removal, and that consent has not been revoked under sub-paragraph (4).] S

[F3 (2) The Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland may consent, under sub-paragraph (1), if the Regulator is satisfied that to do so would not compromise the quality of the water.]

(3) The Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland may not consent, under paragraph [F4 (1)], to the removal of any of the following from the list of parameters to be monitored:—

(a) enterococci, Escherichia coli, coliform bacteria, colony count 22 °C, colour, turbidity or hydrogen ion concentration (pH);

(b) iron, lead or manganese;

(c) where the water is supplied to premises within a nitrate vulnerable zone, nitrate; or

(d) any other parameter, or other micro-organism, parasite or substance, identified (for the time being) as relevant in the monitoring programme in relation to a supply of water—

(i) by virtue of regulation 5(2); or

(ii) where relevant, through a risk assessment.

(4) The Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland may, by notice to Scottish Water, revoke with immediate effect any consent given by it under sub-paragraph [F5 (1)].

(5) In sub-paragraph (3) “nitrate vulnerable zone” means any area of land designated as a nitrate vulnerable zone by regulation 2 of the Designation of Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Scotland) Regulations 2015.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1A inserted (27.10.2017) by The Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/281), reg. 1(1), sch. 1 (as amended by The Public and Private Water Supplies (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/321), regs. 1, 3(2))

F2 Sch. 1A Pt. C para. 4(1) substituted (1.1.2023) by The Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/387), regs. 1(1), 17(4)(d)(i)

F3 Sch. 1A Pt. C para. 4(2) substituted (1.1.2023) by The Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/387), regs. 1(1), 17(4)(d)(ii)

F4 Word in sch. 1A Pt. C para. 4(3) substituted (1.1.2023) by The Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/387), regs. 1(1), 17(4)(d)(iii)

F5 Word in sch. 1A Pt. C para. 4(4) substituted (1.1.2023) by The Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/387), regs. 1(1), 17(4)(d)(iii)