4.—(1) Every water fitting shall—
(a)be of an appropriate quality and standard; and
(b)be suitable for the circumstances in which it is used.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation, a water fitting is of an appropriate quality or standard only if—
F1(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F2(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)it conforms to an appropriate British Standard or some other national specification F3... which provides an equivalent level of protection and performance; or
(d)it conforms with the terms of a specification approved by the Secretary of State or the National Assembly of Wales under The Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999.
(3) Every water fitting shall comply with the requirements of Schedule 2 as it applies to that fitting.
(4) Where any requirement of Schedule 2 relates to a water system, every water fitting which forms part of that system shall be fitted or, as the case may be, altered or replaced so as to comply with that requirement.
(5) Every water fitting shall be installed, connected, altered, repaired or disconnected in a workmanlike manner.
(6) For the purposes of this regulation, a water fitting is installed, connected, altered, repaired or disconnected in a workmanlike manner only if the work is carried out so as to conform—
(a)to an appropriate British StandardF4... or some other national specification F5... which provides an equivalent level of protection and performance;
(b)to a specification approved by the Secretary of State or the National Assembly of Wales under The Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999; or
(c)to a method of installation approved by the water undertaker.
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 4(2)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Water and Floods (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/32), regs. 1(1), 3(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Reg. 4(2)(b) omitted (28.11.2015) by virtue of The Water Supply (Water Quality) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/363), regs. 1(1), 3(2)(b)
F3Words in reg. 4(2)(c) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Water and Floods (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/32), regs. 1(1), 3(3)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in reg. 4(6)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Water and Floods (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/32), regs. 1(1), 3(3)(c)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in reg. 4(6)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Water and Floods (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/32), regs. 1(1), 3(3)(c)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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