PART 3 SAmendment of Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2014
Amendment of regulation 2S
13. In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the 2014 Regulations, after the definition of “human consumption purposes” insert—
““indicative dose” means the committed effective dose for one year of ingestion resulting from all radionuclides whose presence has been detected in a supply of water intended for human consumption purposes, of natural and artificial origin, but excluding tritium, potassium-40, radon and short-lived radon decay products;”.
Amendment of regulation 6S
F114. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 14 revoked (27.10.2017) by The Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/281), regs. 1(1), 12
Amendment of regulation 9S
F215. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F2Reg. 15 revoked (27.10.2017) by The Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/281), regs. 1(1), 12
Amendment of Schedule 1S
16. In Schedule 1 (prescribed concentrations and values) to the 2014 Regulations—
(a)in Part 2 of Table C (indicator parameters)—
(i)in the entry for item 14 (indicative dose), omit “/year”;
(ii)after that entry, insert—
| “14A. | Radon(e) | 100 | Bq/l | Supply point(b)”; and |
(iii)in the entry for item 15 (tritium), after “Tritium” insert “ (f) ”;
(b)in the notes to Table C, after the note for “(d)” insert—
“(e)Remedial action is to be deemed justified on radiological protection grounds, without further consideration, where radon concentrations exceed 1,000 Bq/l.
(f)If the concentration of tritium exceeds this value, an analysis of the presence of other artificial radionuclides must be also carried out by Scottish Water.”; and
(c)after Table C (and the notes to that table), omit the definition of “Indicative dose”.
Amendment of Schedule 2S
17. In Schedule 2 (monitoring) to the 2014 Regulations—
F3(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F3(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)after Table 4, in the final paragraph, omit “ “Indicative dose”,”.
Textual Amendments
F3Reg. 17(a)(b) revoked (27.10.2017) by The Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/281), regs. 1(1), 12
Insertion of Schedule 2AS
F418. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F4Reg. 18 revoked (27.10.2017) by The Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/281), regs. 1(1), 12
Insertion of Schedule 3AS
F519. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F5Reg. 19 revoked (27.10.2017) by The Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/281), regs. 1(1), 12