LEGISLATION

The principal legislation governing the activities of the Council as sanitary authority:

• Public Health(Ireland)Act 1878(as amended)
  
• Water Supplies Act, 1942
  
• Sanitary Services Acts 1948,1962,1964
  
• Housing(Miscellaneous Provisions)Act 1979
  
• Local Government (Delimitation of Water Supply Disconnection Powers)Act 1995
  
• European Communities(Quality of Water intended for Human Consumption)Regulations 1988
  
• Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992
  
• Urban Waste Water Treatment Regulations 1994
  
• The Water Pollution Act 1977 and The Water Pollution Amendment Act 1990
  
• The Local Government (Water Pollution) Regulations , 1992, 1996 and 1999
  
• The Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies) Regulations 1987
  
• The European Communities (Quality of Surface Water intended for abstraction of Drinking Water) Regulations 1989