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3 Continuity of existing fluoridation schemes.U.K.
(1)Where, in pursuance of arrangements entered into by a statutory water undertaker before 20th December 1984—
(a)a scheme for increasing the fluoride content of water supplied by the undertaker in any part of England and Wales was in operation immediately before that date; or
(b)work had been begun by the undertaker, before that date, for the purpose of enabling such a scheme to be brought into operation;
the undertaker may, while the conditions mentioned in subsection (2) below are satisfied, operate the scheme.
(2)The conditions are that the arrangements under which the scheme operates require—
(a)fluoridation to be effected only by the addition of one or more of the compounds of fluorine mentioned in section 1(4) of this Act; and
(b)the concentration of fluoride in the water supplied to consumers to be maintained, so far as is reasonably practicable, at one milligram per litre.
(3)Where a statutory water undertaker is operating a fluoridation scheme by virtue of this section—
(a)subsection (6) of section 1 of this Act shall apply in relation to the scheme as it applies in relation to any scheme operated in exercise of the power conferred by that section;
(b)the scheme shall cease to have effect upon the appropriate authority giving to the undertaker reasonable notice of the authority’s desire to terminate it; and
(c)the arrangements under which the scheme is operated may be varied to take account of any amendment of section 1(4) of this Act made under section 2.
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