The Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2016

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24.—(1) As soon as reasonably practicable after a departure has been authorised under regulation 22 or 23, the specified relevant suppliers must—

(a)separately publish by making accessible, free of charge, on their websites via a hyperlink maintained on their respective homepages for at least 14 days—

(i)except in a case to which paragraph (5) of regulation 23 applies, a notice containing a statement of the matters specified in paragraph (3)(a)(ii), (iii), (viii) and (ix) of that regulation;

(ii)in a case to which paragraph (5) of regulation 23 applies, a notice containing a statement of the matters specified in paragraph (3)(a)(ii), (iii) and (ix) of that regulation;

(b)jointly give such other public notice of the authorisation and of its terms and conditions as the Secretary of State may, by notice served on the specified relevant supplies, reasonably require.

(2) In paragraph (1), “specified relevant suppliers” means relevant suppliers who—

(a)use the same water supply zone for the purposes of supplying water to consumers, and

(b)for the purposes of that supply, rely on an authorised departure relating to the same facts.