2016 No. 618

Water, England

The Private Water Supplies (England) Regulations 2016

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by—

  1. a

    sections 67, 77(3) and (4) and 213(2) of the Water Industry Act 1991 M1, and

  2. b

    in relation to regulation 5(2) and Part 5, section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 M2.

The Secretary of State has been designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to the environment M3.

The Secretary of State has carried out the public consultation required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety M4.

Annotations:
Marginal Citations
M1

1991 c.56; section 213(2) was amended by paragraph 28 of Schedule 1 to the Competition and Service (Utilities) Act 1992 (c.43) and by section 36(2) of, and paragraph 49(3) of Schedule 8 to, the Water Act 2003 (c.37). It is prospectively amended by paragraph 119(4) of Schedule 7 to the Water Act 2014 (c.21) from a date to be appointed.

M2

1972 c.68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7).

M4

OJ No L 31, 1.2.2002, p 1, as last amended by Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 (OJ No L 189, 27.6.14 p 1).