The Floods and Water (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

The Private Water Supplies (England) Regulations 2016

19.—(1) The Private Water Supplies (England) Regulations 2016 are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2, at the end insert—

“(3) In these Regulations, a reference to an EU or Euratom Directive is to be read as if any reference in that Directive to one or more member States in a provision imposing an obligation on, or conferring a discretion on, a member State or member States were a reference to either the Secretary of State or local authority depending on which, immediately before exit day, was responsible for the United Kingdom’s compliance with that obligation, or was able to exercise that discretion, in respect of England.”.

(3) In regulation 6, at the end insert—

“(7) For the purposes of paragraph (5)(c), Articles 7(1) and 8 of Directive 2000/60/EC are to be read with the following modifications—

(a) as if any reference to Annex 5 to 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;

(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) In regulation 11(12), for “communicate to the European Commission” substitute “publish, in such manner as the Secretary of State considers appropriate,”.

(5) After regulation 21, insert—

“Reporting

21A.— (1) The Secretary of State 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 Secretary of State considers 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 31st December 2021.

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