Impact assessment

Water Fluoridation (Proposals and Consultation) (England) Regulations 2013: impact assessment

Impact of regulations setting requirements on local authorities making proposals and consulting local residents about water fluoridation.

From:
Department of Health and Social Care
Published
27 February 2013
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

DH 3075 %E2%80%93 The Water Fluoridation Regulations 2013

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Details

The Health and Social Care Act 2012 amended the Water Industry Act 1991 to transfer the responsibility for consulting residents on water fluoridation from Strategic Health Authorities to Local Authorities. Water supplies tend to cross local authority boundaries, resulting in co-ordination problems.

This can raise the possibility of legal challenges. Government is best placed to mitigate this risk by introducing regulations that set clearly the requirements on local authorities when making proposals about water fluoridation and consulting local residents. The Water Industry Act 1991 places obligations and powers on the Department of Health to lay regulations to this effect.

Published 27 February 2013