UK Statutory Instrument SI 2017 Wales

Private Water Supplies (Wales) Regulations 2017

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Enforced by
DWI
Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Prosecution 1 of 34 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 33 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

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Responsible Person2

Plus 32 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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MH(CT)(S)A 2003 30 duties

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

Part 1

Water standards

2 of 6 sections shown
s.005 Use of products or substances in private water supplies and disinfection arrangements Regulated
  • Manage private water supply disinfection and keep 5 years of recordsResponsible Person
s.006 Requirement to carry out a risk assessment Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must risk-assess private water supplies every 5 yearsLocal authority
4 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.001 Title, application and commencement
s.002 Interpretation
s.003 Scope
s.004 Wholesomeness
Part 2

Monitoring

10 of 10 sections shown
s.007 Monitoring Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authority must monitor private water supplies in its areaLocal authority
s.008 Further distribution of supplies from water undertakers or water supply licensees Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authority must carry out required monitoring of further-distributed waterLocal authority
s.009 Large supplies and supplies as part of a commercial or public activity Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authority must monitor large or commercial/public private water suppliesLocal authority
s.010 Supplies to a single dwelling Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authority must monitor single-dwelling water supply on requestLocal authority
s.011 Other private supplies including supplies as part of a domestic tenancy Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authority must monitor certain private water supplies for specified parametersLocal authority
s.012 Monitoring of radioactive substances: general Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must monitor private water supplies for radioactive substancesLocal authority
s.013 Monitoring of radioactive substances: supplies to specified single dwellings Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authority must test private water supply for radioactivity if askedLocal authority
s.014 Sampling and analysis Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Welsh local authorities must sample private water supplies and ensure analysisLocal authority
s.015 New supplies Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authority must assess new private water supplies before useLocal authority
s.016 Records Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must keep private water supply records and report annuallyLocal authority
Part 3

Action in the event of failure

3 of 3 sections shown
s.017 Provision of information Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authority must warn people about potentially dangerous private water suppliesLocal authority
s.018 Investigation Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authority must investigate private water supply failures and take actionLocal authority
s.019 Authorisations of different standards Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authority must manage authorisations of different standards for private water suppliesLocal authority
Part 4

Notice procedure

1 of 3 sections shown
s.020 Notices Prosecution
  • Comply with council notice on dangerous private water supplyResponsible Person

Unlimited fine

2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.021 Appeals
s.022 Penalties
Part 5

Miscellaneous

2 of 5 sections shown
s.023 Reporting Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Welsh Ministers must publish triennial reports on private water qualityCrown / Minister / Government department
s.026 Transitional provisions Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authority must end old reduced monitoring and use new Schedule 2Local authority
3 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.023 Fees
s.024 Revocations
s.025 Consequential amendment
Schedules

Schedules

16 of 30 shown
s.sch002 Sampling Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authority must monitor Group A parameters in private water suppliesLocal authority
s.sch002 Frequency of sampling Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authority must sample private water supplies at specified frequenciesLocal authority
s.sch002 Sampling Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authority must monitor Group B parameters in private water suppliesLocal authority
s.sch002 Frequency of sampling Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authority must carry out Group B parameter sampling at Table 3 frequenciesLocal authority
s.sch003 Radon Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authority must survey and monitor private water supplies for radonLocal authority
s.sch003 Tritium Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authority must monitor tritium and investigate other radionuclidesLocal authority
s.sch003 Indicative Dose Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authority must monitor radioactive substances in private water suppliesLocal authority
s.sch003 Water treatment Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authority must monitor treated private water supplies for radionuclidesLocal authority
s.sch003 Averaging Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Welsh Ministers must specify resampling extent after radioactive exceedanceCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch004 Samples: general Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authority must ensure reliable private water supply samplingLocal authority
s.sch004 Performance characteristics and methods of analysis Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must use sufficiently sensitive radioactivity test methodsLocal authority
s.sch004 Analysing samples: chemical and indicator parameters Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authority must use prescribed chemical analysis methodsLocal authority
s.sch004 Sampling and analysis by persons other than local authorities Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authority must vet sampling contractors and ensure prompt reportingLocal authority
s.sch004 A local authority must, in deciding which radionuclides require to... Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must consider likely radioactivity sources when choosing testsLocal authority
s.sch005 Initial records Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authority must maintain records of private water suppliesLocal authority
s.sch005 Additional records Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authority must keep records of private water supply monitoring and risk assessmentsLocal authority
14 other schedules
s.sch002 Variation of sampling frequency
s.sch002 Variation of parameters
s.sch004 Screening strategies for gross alpha activity and gross beta activity
s.sch004 If the gross alpha activity exceeds 0,1Bq/l or the gross...
s.sch004 The Welsh Ministers may set alternative screening levels for gross...
s.sch004 Calculation of the indicative dose
s.sch004 Where the following formula is satisfied, it can be assumed...
s.sch004 Analysing samples: microbiological parameters
s.sch004 Authorisation of alternative methods of analysis
s.sch004 A local authority may use reliable screening strategies to indicate...
s.sch004 The strategies referred to in paragraph 6 may include screening...
s.sch004 Screening for certain radionuclides, or screening for an individual radionuclide
s.sch006 Fee
s.sch006 Persons liable to pay

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