The Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2001 (Amendment) Regulations 2007

Transitional provisions

4.—(1) Where, immediately before these Regulations come into force, any water undertaker or combined licensee is—

(a) under a duty to carry out a risk assessment under old regulation 27, for the relevant period that duty shall take effect as if it were a duty to carry out a risk assessment under new regulation 27;

(b) under a duty to comply with a requirement in a notice issued under paragraph (3) of old regulation 28, for the relevant period that duty shall take effect as if the notice had been issued under paragraph (5) of new regulation 27;

(c) under a duty—

(i) to provide a time estimate or to comply with regulation 29 requirements by a certain date under paragraphs (5) to (7) of old regulation 28,

(ii) not to supply water or only to supply if taking steps to comply with regulation 29 requirements under paragraph (9) of old regulation 28,

(iii) to use the treatment process specified in paragraph (2) of old regulation 29, or

(iv) to monitor effectiveness under paragraph (4) of old regulation 29,

for the relevant period that duty shall take effect as if imposed by notice under paragraph (4) of new regulation 28.

(2) If, immediately before these Regulations come into force, the Welsh Ministers have functions under old regulation 28 with respect to a report of a risk assessment carried out under old regulation 27, their functions under new regulation 28 shall apply with respect to the report as if it had been produced under new regulation 27.

(3) For the purposes of this regulation—

(a) “old regulation 27”, “old regulation 28” and “old regulation 29” mean the regulations numbered 27, 28 and 29 respectively in the Principal Regulations which are in force immediately before these Regulations come into force;

(b) “new regulation 27” and “new regulation 28” mean the regulations numbered 27 and 28 respectively which are inserted into the Principal Regulations by regulation 2(17) and (18);

(c) “regulation 29 requirements” has the meaning given in Part VII of the Principal Regulations immediately before these Regulations come into force; and

(d) “the relevant period” means the period beginning on the day these Regulations come into force and ending on 1 January 2009.