Water Supply (Water Fittings) (Amendment) Regulations 199 (S.I. No. 1506 of 1999)

Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 1506 file:///D/HTML/uk16075.htm[16.01.2025 11:26:16] Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 1506 The Water Supply (Water Fittings) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 © Crown Copyright 1999 All Crown copyrights are reserved. The text may be downloaded freely to file or printer for the purposes of private reference, research or study without requiring specific prior permission. The text may also be used freely within value-added products without requiring specific prior permission, provided that the text is reproduced accurately, is not used in a misleading manner, and is accompanied by an acknowledgment of Crown copyright. Applications for any other proposed use of this text should be made to the Copyright Unit, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, St Clements House, 2-16 Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BQ. For further details on the licensing of Crown and Parliamentary copyright material, see current guidance issued by Her Majesty's Stationery Office. The text of this Internet version of the Statutory Instrument has been prepared to reflect the text as it was Made. The authoritative version is in printed form and is published by The Stationery Office Limited as the The Water Supply (Water Fittings) (Amendment) Regulations 1999, ISBN 0 11 082722 8, £1.00 sterling. For details of how to obtain a printed copy see How to obtain The Stationery Office Limited titles. This Statutory Instrument is being made in consequence of defects in S.I. 1999/1148 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 1999 No. 1506 WATER INDUSTRY, ENGLAND AND WALES The Water Supply (Water Fittings) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 Made 28th May 1999 Laid before Parliament 28th May 1999 Coming into force 1st July 1999 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 file:///publet.htm http://www.national-publishing.co.uk/obtain.htm http://www.national-publishing.co.uk/obtain.htm Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 1506 file:///D/HTML/uk16075.htm[16.01.2025 11:26:16] 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 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) 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). Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 1506 file:///D/HTML/uk16075.htm[16.01.2025 11:26:16] Notes: [1] 1991 c. 56.back [2] S.I. 1999/1148.back ISBN 0 11 082722 8