Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 17th June, 2022.

I, DARRAGH O’BRIEN, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving further effect to Directive 98/83/EC of 3 November 1998¹ on the quality of water intended for human consumption and Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000² establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, as amended, hereby make the following regulations:

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Drinking Water) (Amendment) Regulations 2022.

Amendment of Regulation 4(2) of European Union (Drinking Water) Regulations 2014

2. Regulation 4(2) of the European Union (Drinking Water) Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 122 of 2014 ) is amended –

(a) in subparagraph (a), by substituting “health,” for “health, and”,

(b) in subparagraph (b), by substituting “Schedule, and” for “Schedule.”, and

(c) by inserting after subparagraph (b), the following subparagraph:

“(c) it meets the requirements of the Directive.”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

15 June, 2022.

DARRAGH O’BRIEN,

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

1 OJ No. L 330, 05.12.1998, p. 32.

2 OJ No. L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1.