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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Surface Waters (Abstraction for Drinking Water) (Classification) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 6th January 1997.
(2) Expressions used in these Regulations which are also used in Directive 75/440/ EEC(1) (quality required of surface waters used for abstraction of drinking water) or Directive 79/869/EEC(2) (methods of measurement and frequency of sampling and analysis of such waters) shall have the same meaning as in those Directives.
(3) Any reference in these Regulations to the supply of water as drinking water shall be taken to be a reference to the supply of that water as drinking water after it has undergone purification treatment.
O.J. No. L 194, 25.7.75, p. 26; relevant amendments were made by Directive 79/869/EEC.
O.J. No. L 271, 29.10.79, p. 44.
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