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Water Services Act 2021

Provisions relating to supply of drinking water - Laboratory accreditation and testing

81: Laboratory accreditation body must notify Water Services Authority of grant of, or change to, accreditation

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"Laboratories must tell the Water Services Authority when they get accredited or their accreditation changes."

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When a laboratory gets accredited, you need to know the laboratory accreditation body tells the Water Services Authority. The body must tell them when a lab's accreditation is granted, changed, renewed, suspended, or taken away. The Water Services Authority then updates the register of accredited laboratories. The laboratory accreditation body must notify the Water Services Authority in a certain way and within 7 working days. You can find more information about this in the Water Services Act 2021 and the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025. The Water Services Authority is in charge of keeping the register up to date.

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Part 2Provisions relating to supply of drinking water
Laboratory accreditation and testing

81Laboratory accreditation body must notify Water Services Authority of grant of, or change to, accreditation

  1. The laboratory accreditation body must notify the Water Services Authority when it grants, amends the scope of, renews, suspends, or revokes the accreditation of a laboratory.

  2. The notification must be given—

  3. in the manner notified by the Water Services Authority to the laboratory accreditation body from time to time; and
    1. within 7 working days after the action to which it relates.

      1. The Water Services Authority must make the appropriate changes to the relevant entries in the register of accredited laboratories.

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      • Section 81 heading: amended, on , by section 111(2) of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).
      • Section 81(1): amended, on , by section 111(2) of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).
      • Section 81(2)(a): amended, on , by section 111(2) of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).
      • Section 81(3): amended, on , by section 111(2) of the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2025 (2025 No 43).