SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 7Pre-1985 Fluoridation Schemes
Operation of pre-1985 schemes
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Where in pursuance of any such arrangements entered into by a water authority or statutory water company before 20th December 1984 as have effect immediately before the coming into force of this Act as arrangements entered into by a water undertaker—
a
a scheme for increasing the fluoride content of water supplied by the authority or company in any part of England and Wales was in operation immediately before that date; or
b
work had been begun by the authority or company before that date for enabling such a scheme to be brought into operation,
that water undertaker may, while the conditions mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) below are satisfied, operate the scheme.
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The conditions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above are that the arrangements require—
a
fluoridation to be effected only by the addition of one or more of the compounds of fluorine mentioned in subsection (4) of section 87 of this Act; and
b
the concentrations of fluoride in the water supplied to consumers to be maintained, so far as reasonably practicable, at one milligram per litre.