Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 1506

The Water Supply (Water Fittings) (Amendment) Regulations 1999

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The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and the Secretary of State for Wales acting jointly, in exercise of their powers under sections 74 and 213(2) of the Water Industry Act 1991[1] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Water Supply (Water Fittings) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st July 1999.

Amendment of the Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999
2.  - (1) The Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999[2] are amended as follows.

    (2) In regulation 5(3)(d) (notification) for "paragraph (1)(d)(iii)-(v) or (1)(e)" substitute "paragraph 4(a), (c), (h) or 5 in the Table".

    (3) In regulation 6(2) (contractor's certificate) for "paragraph 5" substitute "regulation 5(1)".

    (4) In regulation 10(1) (enforcement) for "Part I" substitute "Part II".

    (5) In Schedule 2 (requirements for water fittings)-
 

(a) in paragraph 14(2) (prevention of cross connection to unwholesome water), at the end insert "unless a device for preventing backflow is installed in accordance with paragraph 15."

(b) in paragraph 17(1)(a) (hot water services), for the words from "a vent pipe" to "relief valve" substitute "a temperature control device and either a temperature relief valve or a combined temperature and pressure relief valve".
 

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
 

Michael Meacher
Minister of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

28th May 1999
 
 

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
 

Jon Owen Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office

27th May 1999
 

These Regulations make minor amendments to the Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999 to correct defects.

A Regulatory Impact Appraisal has been prepared in connection with the Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999. It has been placed in the library of each House of Parliament, and copies may be obtained from WSR2 Division, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE (telephone 0171-890-5391) or Environment Division, Welsh Office, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF1 3NQ (telephone 01222-825420).

[1] 1991 c. 56.back

[2] S.I. 1999/1148.back