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5.—(1) In this Part, “audit monitoring” means monitoring for the purpose of obtaining information from which it may be established—
(a)as regards the parameters listed in Tables A and B in Schedule 1, whether water supplied for regulation 4(1) purposes satisfies the provisions of Part 3 or, if a departure has been authorised under Part 7 in relation to that supply, those provisions as read with the terms of that departure;
(b)as regards indicator parameters, whether water supplied for regulation 4(1) purposes meets the specifications for those parameters.
(2) In this Part, “check monitoring” means monitoring for the purpose of obtaining information at regular intervals—
(a)as to the organoleptic and microbiological quality of water, and
(b)where relevant, as to the effectiveness of drinking water treatment (particularly of disinfection) for the purposes referred to in paragraph (3).
(3) The purpose of check monitoring is to determine—
(i)as regards the parameters listed in Tables A and B in Schedule 1, whether water supplied for regulation 4(1) purposes satisfies the provisions of Part 3 or, if a departure has been authorised under Part 7 in relation to that supply, those provisions as read with the terms of that departure;
(ii)as regards indicator parameters, whether water supplied for regulation 4(1) purposes meets the specifications for those parameters.
(4) This Part applies to water supplied for regulation 4(1) purposes by a relevant supplier in the performance of its duties under Chapter 3.
(5) Regulations 6 to 10 apply to a [F1wholesale licensee] in relation to samples taken from supply points as they apply to a water undertaker, but only insofar as the [F1wholesale licensee] is introducing water into a water supply zone in which the water undertaker takes samples under this Part (to the extent authorised by or under regulation 8) from supply points.
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F1Words in reg. 5(5) substituted (31.3.2017) by The Water Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments etc.) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/506), arts. 1(1), 32(4)
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