Public and Private Water Supplies (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. No. 321 of 2017).

These Regulations amend the Public Water Supplies (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 and the Water Intended for Human Consumption (Private Supplies) (Scotland) Regulations 2017, pursuant to the further implementation of Council Directive 98/83/EC on the quality of water intended for human consumption including, in particular, the amendments made by Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1787 amending Annexes II and III to Council Directive 98/83/EC on the quality of water intended for human consumption; and Council Directive 2013/51/EURATOM laying down requirements for the protection of the health of the general public with regard to radioactive substances in water intended for human consumption. The Public Supplies Amendment Regulations in respect of characteristics of methods of analysis which are inserted into the Public Supplies Principal Regulations as follows the prescribed minimum uncertainty of measurement value for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons is amended from 30 to 50; and the prescribed minimum limit of detection value for oxidisability is amended from 25 to 10. Equivalent amendments are made to schedule 4 (methods of analysis) in the Private Supplies Regulations.