Singapore legislation

Regulation 7

of Food Safety and Security (Non-Packaged Drinking Water) Regulations 2025

Regulation 7

WQMP water provider must prepare, implement and review drinking water quality management plan

Subregulation 1

Subject to these Regulations, a WQMP water provider who provides a drinking water service must —

(a)

prepare a drinking water quality management plan in relation to —

(i)

its production of the drinking water that the WQMP water provider intends to supply in the course of the WQMP water provider’s drinking water service; and

(ii)

its supply of that drinking water in the course of the WQMP water provider’s drinking water service;

(b)

implement such a drinking water quality management plan as approved under these Regulations and comply with any requirements set out in the plan in relation to —

(i)

its production of the drinking water that the WQMP water provider intends to supply in the course of the WQMP water provider’s drinking water service; and

(ii)

its supply of that drinking water in the course of the WQMP water provider’s drinking water service;

(c)

keep the approved drinking water quality management plan under continuous review with a view to updating and improving it; and

(d)

amend any aspect of the approved drinking water quality management plan that is found to need amending —

(i)

on review by the WQMP water provider or the Agency under these Regulations; or

(ii)

by the Director-General under section 116 of the Act.

Subregulation 2

Paragraph (1)(a) does not apply to an existing WQMP water provider who provides a drinking water service if, on the commencement of these Regulations, the existing WQMP water provider is, by virtue of regulation 2(2), treated as having an approved drinking water quality management plan in relation to —

(a)

its production of the drinking water that the existing WQMP water provider supplies in the course of the existing WQMP water provider’s drinking water service; and

(b)

its supply of that drinking water in the course of the existing WQMP water provider’s drinking water service.