Approved Contractors: Regulation & Guidance
Regulation / Byelaw 6
England & Wales: Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations (1999) (revised)
(1) Where a water fitting is installed, altered, connected or disconnected by an approved contractor, the contractor shall upon completion of the work furnish a signed certificate stating whether the water fitting complies with the requirements of these Regulations to the person who commissioned the work.
(2) In the case of a fitting for which notice is required under regulation 5(1) above, the contractor shall send a copy of the certificate to the water undertaker.
Scotland: Water Supply (Water Fittings) (Scotland) Byelaws (2014)
(1) Where a water fitting is installed, altered, connected or disconnected by an approved contractor, the contractor must, on completion of the work, give to the person who commissioned that work a signed certificate stating whether the water fitting complies with the requirements of these Byelaws.
(2) In the case of a fitting for which notice is required under byelaw 5(1)(as read with byelaw 5(2)), the contractor must send a copy of the certificate to Scottish Water.
Northern Ireland: The Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (revised)
(1) Where a water fitting is installed, altered, connected or disconnected by an approved contractor, the contractor shall upon completion of the work furnish a signed certificate stating whether the water fitting complies with the requirements of these Regulations to the person who commissioned the work.
(2) In the case of a fitting for which notice is required under regulation 5(1), the contractor shall send a copy of the certificate to the water undertaker.
Guidance to Regulation/Byelaw 6
For the purposes of the water fittings regulations/byelaws approved contractor schemes are voluntary organisations for plumbers and plumbing contractors set up in accordance with regulation 1(2) of the water fittings regulations/byelaws. Approved contractors are either approved by a water undertaker or an organisation appointed by a regulator.
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