These Regulations which apply to England only set out the form and terms of the indemnity which the Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury, may agree with a water undertaker or a water supplier in respect of liabilities that may arise where water supplies are fluoridated at the request of a health authority.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared in respect of these Regulations and a copy has been placed in the library of each House of Parliament. Copies of the Regulatory Impact Assessment are published on the Department of Health’s website (www.dh.gov.uk) and can be obtained from Room 330, Department of Health, Wellington House, 133-155 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8UG.