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These Regulations may be cited as the Water Supply (Water Fittings) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st July 1999.
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(1) The Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999 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 1999Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Wales
Jon Owen Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Welsh Office
27th May 1999