S.L. 449.45 Art. 3Scope.

(1) These regulations apply to the registration of private water supplies intended for human consumption and shall include all water, either in its original state or after treatment, intended for drinking, cooking, food preparation or other domestic purposes, which is not distributed through a distribution network, and it shall also include water produced through a private treatment plant, including a reverse osmosis plant, and water supplied in tankers or any other method of conveyance other than a distribution network, used by an authorized water undertaker.

(2) The provisions of sub-regulation (1) shall include private water which is -

(a) supplied to premises for commercial food production, which include the manufacturing, processing, preserving, preparing or marketing of food or drink for sale;

(b) supplied to hotels and restaurants preparing food or drink for consumption on the premises;

(c) supplied to hospitals, other residential institutions and staff canteens;

(d) supplied to camping sites, holiday villages, properties used for holiday lettings and other similar establishments which have changing populations;

(e) to be used for washing produce after it is harvested, where the quality of the water affects the fitness for human consumption of the food or drink produced;

(f) supplied as a multi-purpose supply to serve both domestic properties and food production undertakings and premises with changing populations; and

(g) bottled water.

(3) The provisions of sub-regulations (1) and (2) shall not apply to supplies of private water serving single dwellings for purely domestic purposes, whether the supply is owned by the user, or drawn from a source, or supplied by a private water supplier. In such a case the owners shall be responsible to verify the quality of the water and of its use.