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L.N. 151 of 2022
FOOD SAFETY ACT
(CAP. 449)
Protection of Public Health (Radioactive Substances 
In Water intended For Human Consumption) (Amendment) 
Regulations, 2022
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 10 of the Food
Safety Act, the Minister responsible for public health has made the
following regulations:- 
Citation.
S.L. 449. 61.1. The title of these regulations is the Protection of Public
Health (Radioactive Substances in Water intended for Human
Consumption) (Amendment) Regulations, 2022 and these regulation s
shall be read and construed as one with the Protection of Publi c Health
(Radioactive Substances in Water intended for Human Consumption )
Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulati ons". 
Amends 
regulation 2 of the principal 
regulations.2. In regulation 2 of the principal regulations, the definition
"parametric value" shall be substituted by the following new
definition:
" "parametric value" means the value of radioactive
substances in water intended for human consumption above
which the competent authority shall assess whether the presenceof radioactive substances in water intended for human
consumption poses a risk to human health which requires action
and, where necessary, shall take remedial action to improve thequality of water to a level which complies with the requirement s
for the protection of human health from a radiation protectionpoint of view;".
Amends 
Schedule II to the principal 
regulations.3. Schedule II to the principal regulations shall be amended as
follows: 
(a) paragraph 6 thereof shall be substituted by the
following new paragraph: 
"The minimum sampling and analysis frequency for
the monitoring of water intended for human consumption
supplied from a distribution network shall be as set out in the
following Table. The frequencies in the following table shall
also apply to private water supplies intended for human
consumption and shall include all water, either in its original
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state or after treatment, intended for drinking, cooking, food
preparation, put in bottles and containers or other domestic
purposes, which is not distributed through a distributionnetwork."; and
(b) note 5 of paragraph 6 thereof shall be substituted by
the following new note:
"Note 5: The competent authority shall stipulate the
minimum sampling and analysis frequency in the registration
certificate issued in terms of the Registration of Private Wate r
Supplies Intended for Human Consumption Regulations.".
Amends 
Schedule III to 
the principal 
regulations,4. Schedule III to the principal regulations shall be amended
as follows:
(a) in paragraph 1 thereof, the words "the competent
authority may require" shall be substituted by the words "the
competent authority shall require"; and 
(b)  in paragraph 1(b) thereof, the words "indicator value
for ID." shall be substituted by  the words "indicator value for
ID:" and immediately thereafter there shall be added the
following new proviso: 
"Provided that the screening levels for gross
alpha activity or gross beta activity should be as follows:
 The screening level for gross alpha activity should
not exceed 0,1 Bq/1.
 The screening level for gross beta activity should not
exceed 1,0 Bq/1.".
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