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S.I.
No. 42 of 2007
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Fluoridation
of Water Supplies Regulations 2007
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I, Mary Harney, Minister
for Health and Children, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by
section 2(3)(a) and section 4(1)(a) of the Health (Fluoridation of Water
Supplies) Act 1960 (No. 46 of 1960), as adapted by the Health Order 1997 (
S.I. No. 308 of 1997 ) and having complied with section 2(4) of the Health
(Fluoridation of Water Supplies) Act 1960 and after consultation with the
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (as adapted by
the Environment and Local Government Order 2003 ( S.I. No. 233 of 2003 ),
hereby make the following regulations:-
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PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
1. These
Regulations may be cited as the Fluoridation of Water Supplies Regulations
2007.
2. These
Regulations shall apply to all water supplied to the public by a sanitary
authority through pipes, hereinafter referred to as “public water supplies”.
3. In
these Regulations:
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“Minister” means the Minister for Health
and Children;
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“sanitary authority” means a county or
city council as defined in section 2 of the Local Government Act 2001 (No.
37 of 2001);
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“health authority” means the Health
Service Executive established under section 6 of the Health Act 2004 (No. 42
of 2004).
4. These
Regulations shall have effect on and from 1 July 2007.
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PART 2 -GENERAL
PROVISIONS
5. A
sanitary authority shall perform the following acts in relation to the
fluoridation of public water supplies:
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(a) the
provision, installation and maintenance of equipment for fluoridation,
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(b) the
making of arrangements for the addition of fluoride to the water, and
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(c) the
testing of the fluoride content of the water to which fluoride has been
added.
6. The
amount of fluoride which may be added to public water supplies shall be such
that the water, after the addition of the fluoride, shall contain not more
than 0.8 milligrams of fluoride per litre (mg/1) of water, and not less than
0.6 milligrams of fluoride per litre (mg/1) of water.
7. Fluoride
may be added to public water supplies either in the form of hydrofluosilicic
acid complying with the specification for that substance in Schedule 1 to these
Regulations, or in such other form as may be approved by the Minister.
8. Equipment
used for the fluoridation of public water supplies shall be such as may be
specified or approved by the sanitary authority in consultation with the
health authority.
9. The
fluoride content of public water supplies, to which fluoride has been added
shall be determined daily at the water treatment plant. In addition, the
fluoride content of public water supplies shall be determined by a method
complying with the performance characteristics specified for fluoride in
section 2 of part 3 of the Schedule to the European Communities (Drinking
Water) Regulations 2000 ( S.I. No. 439 of 2000 ) or any enactment amending
or replacing those Regulations, at intervals not exceeding 2 weeks during
the period of 6 months after the date on which fluoride shall have been
first so added and thereafter at intervals not exceeding one calendar month.
10. A sanitary
authority shall arrange for:-
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(a) the provision, installation
and maintenance of equipment for fluoridation,
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(b) the making of arrangements
for the addition of fluoride to the water, and
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(c) the testing of the fluoride content of the water to
which fluoride has been added,
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as agent for the health authority.
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PART 3 -
REVOCATIONS
11. (1) The
Regulations listed in Schedule 2 to these Regulations are revoked.
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(2) References in any other
instrument to the Regulations revoked under paragraph (1) shall be construed
as references to these Regulations as appropriate.
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Schedule 1
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Specification for Hydrofluosilicic acid of
10.9 per cent strength.
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The acid as
supplied shall contain 10.9 per cent by weight of fluosilicic acid (H2SiF6),
subject to a tolerance of 0.3 per cent above or below that strength, and
shall contain not more than the limits for “heavy metals” as specified in
the appropriate European Standard (IS.EN 12175:2001) and no other soluble
mineral or organic substance in quantities capable of a deleterious or
injurious effect upon health.
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Schedule 2
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Dublin)
Regulations 1962 ( S.I. No.75 of 1962
)
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Kildare)
Regulations 1962 ( S.I. No. 76 of
1962 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Wicklow)
Regulations 1962 ( S.I. No. 77 of
1962 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Cork)
Regulations 1963 ( S.I. No. 29 of
1963 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Limerick)
Regulations 1963 ( S.I. No. 30 of
1963 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Waterford)
Regulations 1963 ( S.I. No. 31 of
1963 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Kildare)
(Amendment) Regulations 1964 ( S.I. No. 273 of
1964 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Laoighis)
Regulations 1964 ( S.I. No. 274 of
1964 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Louth)
Regulations 1964 ( S.I. No. 275 of
1964 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Offaly)
Regulations 1964 ( S.I. No. 276 of
1964 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Tipperary South
Riding) Regulations 1964 ( S.I. No. 277 of
1964 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Westmeath)
Regulations 1964 ( S.I. No. 278 of
1964 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Cork)
Regulations 1965 ( S.I. No. 130 of
1965 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Donegal)
Regulations 1965 ( S.I. No. 69 of
1965 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Mayo)
Regulations 1965 ( S.I. No. 70 of
1965 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Meath)
Regulations 1965 ( S.I. No. 71 of
1965 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Sligo)
Regulations 1965 ( S.I. No. 72 of
1965 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Carlow)
Regulations 1965 ( S.I. No. 88 of
1965 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Cavan)
Regulations 1965 ( S.I. No. 89 of
1965 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Clare)
Regulations 1965 ( S.I. No. 90 of
1965 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Galway)
Regulations 1965 ( S.I. No. 91 of
1965 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Kerry)
Regulations 1965 ( S.I. No. 92 of
1965 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Kilkenny)
Regulations 1965 ( S.I. No. 93 of
1965 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Leitrim)
Regulations 1965 ( S.I. No. 94 of
1965 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Limerick)
Regulations 1965 ( S.I. No. 95 of
1965 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Longford) Regulations
1965 ( S.I. No. 96 of
1965 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Monaghan)
Regulations 1965 ( S.I. No. 97 of
1965 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Roscommon)
Regulations 1965 ( S.I. No. 98 of
1965 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Tipperary North
Riding) Regulations 1965 ( S.I. No. 99 of
1965 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Waterford)
Regulations 1965 ( S.I. No. 100 of
1965 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Wexford)
Regulations 1965 ( S.I. No. 101 of
1965 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Wicklow)
(Amendment) Regulations 1965 ( S.I. No. 102 of
1965 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Dublin)
(Amendment) Regulations 1966 ( S.I. No.268 of
1966 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Kilkenny)
(Amendment) Regulations 1966 ( S.I. No. 269 of
1966 )
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Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies)
Regulations 1971 ( S.I. No. 119 of
1971 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Wicklow)
(Amendment) Regulations 1974 ( S.I. No. 287 of
1974 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Roscommon)
(Amendment) Regulations 1974 ( S.I. No. 338 of
1974 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Leitrim)
(Amendment) Regulations 1974 ( S.I. No. 339 of
1974 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Sligo)
(Amendment) Regulations 1975 ( S.I. No. 226 of
1975 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Cork)
(Amendment) Regulations 1979 ( S.I. No. 129 of
1979 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Tipperary South
Riding) (Amendment) Regulations 1984 ( S.I.
No. 371 of 1984 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Limerick)
(Amendment) Regulations 1985 ( S.I. No. 242 of
1985 )
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Fluoridation of Water Supplies (Amendment)
Regulations 1986 ( S.I. No. 24 of
1986 )
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Fluoridation of
Water Supplies (Amendment) Regulations 1987 ( S.I. No. 69 of 1987 )
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GIVEN
under my Official Seal this
2 day of
February 2007
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Mary
Harney
________________________
Minister
for Health and Children
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Explanatory
Note
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These Regulations provide for the
fluoridation of public water supplies by sanitary authorities on behalf of
the Health Service Executive.
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These Regulations
may be cited as the Fluoridation of Water Supplies Regulations 2007.
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