The Private Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2006

Charges for sampling, analysis and risk assessment

33.—(1) A local authority may charge a person for expenses reasonably incurred by it—

(a) in respect of a Type A supply, for—

(i) sampling a supply in accordance with these Regulations, up to a maximum of £70 per visit to any premises for that purpose;

(ii) the analysis of samples—

(aa) subject to check monitoring (regulation 19), up to a maximum of £75 per visit;

(bb) subject to audit monitoring (regulation 20), up to a maximum of £435 per visit;

(iii) preparatory work, including if required, visiting premises or the source of a Type A supply, in relation to a risk assessment to be carried out under regulation 16(1) and (2), up to a maximum of £70;

(iv) the carrying out of a risk assessment under regulation 16(1) and (2), up to a maximum of £50;

(v) the review of a risk assessment under regulation 16(4), up to a maximum of £50; and

(b) in respect of a Type B supply, for—

(i) sampling a supply in accordance with these Regulations, up to a maximum of £70 per visit to any premises for that purpose;

(ii) the analysis of samples, up to a maximum charge of £48 per visit to any premises for that purpose;

(iii) preparatory work, including if required, visiting premises or the source of a Type B supply, in relation to a risk assessment to be carried out under regulation 27(2), up to a maximum of £70; and

(iv) the carrying out of a risk assessment under regulation 27(2), up to a maximum of £50;

(2) Where a local authority has undertaken additional monitoring of a private water supply under regulation 25 or 30, that authority may charge a person for the expenses reasonably incurred by it.

(3) A local authority shall not charge for the expenses incurred by it in the taking and analysis of any sample taken for the purposes of regulation 22(6)(a) or 29(6)(a).

(4) Where in relation to any private water supply there is more than one person who may be charged, the local authority shall, in determining who is to be charged and any apportionment of that charge, have regard to the terms (if any) on which the water is supplied and the purposes for which it is used.