Part 1Preliminary provisions
Purpose and overview
4Overview of this Act
In this Act,—
- this Part contains the purpose of this Act, definitions, key terms and key principles, and other preliminary provisions:
- Part 2—
- contains provisions relating to the supply of drinking water:
- includes occupational regulation provisions in subpart 10 that apply to the operators of both drinking water supplies and wastewater networks:
- contains provisions relating to the supply of drinking water:
- Part 3 contains monitoring, compliance, and enforcement provisions:
- Part 4 contains regulation-making powers and miscellaneous provisions:
- Part 5 contains amendments to the Local Government Act 2002.
This section is only a guide to the general scheme and effect of this Act.


