The Flood and Water (Amendments) (England and Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Amendment of the Private Water Supplies (Wales) Regulations 2017

6.—(1) The Private Water Supplies (Wales) Regulations 2017(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2—

(a) the existing paragraph is renumbered as paragraph (1) of that regulation;

(b) after paragraph (1) (as renumbered), insert—

“(2) In these Regulations, a reference to an EU or Euratom Directive is to be read as if any reference in that Directive to a member State in a provision imposing an obligation on, or providing a discretion to, a member State were to either the Welsh Ministers or local authority depending on which, immediately before exit day, was responsible for compliance with that obligation, or exercise of that discretion, in respect of Wales.”

(3) In regulation 6, after paragraph (5) insert—

“(6) For the purposes of paragraph (4)(c), a reference to Articles 7(1) and 8 of Directive 2000/60/EC(2) is to be read with the following modifications—

(a) as if any reference to Annex 5 of that Directive were a reference to that Annex as modified by Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017(3);

(b) in Article 8, as if—

(i) in paragraph 1, the final indent were omitted;

(ii) in paragraph 2, the first sentence were omitted;

(iii) paragraph 3 were omitted.”

(4) For regulation 12(6), substitute—

“(6) The Welsh Ministers must publish, in such a manner as they consider appropriate, the grounds for a decision under paragraph (3) and the documentation provided under paragraph (5) supporting the decision.”

(5) After regulation 23, insert—

“Reporting

23A.— (1) The Welsh Ministers must prepare and publish a report on the quality of water intended for human consumption, with the objective of informing consumers.

(2) A report under paragraph (1) must—

(a) be published in such manner as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate;

(b) include, as a minimum, information on all individual supplies of water that—

(i) exceed 1,000m³ a day as an average, or

(ii) serve more than 5,000 persons;

(c) cover a period of three calendar years.

(3) The first report under this regulation must cover the years 2017, 2018 and 2019 and be published by 31^st December 2021.

(4) Subsequent reports under this regulation must be published at intervals not exceeding three years.

(5) Any report published under paragraph (1) must also be made available on the Drinking Water Inspectorate’s website.”

(1)

S.I. 2017/1041 (W. 270), to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

(2)

O.J. No L 327, 22.12.2000, p 1, as last amended by Commission Directive 2014/101/EU (OJ No L 311, 31.10.2014, p 32).

(3)

S.I. 2017/407, amended by S.I. 2018/942.