(1) Subject to subsection (2), a service licensee shall comply with the minimum standards for quality of the water supply service and sewerage service set pursuant to the Regulations made pursuant to section 97(2)(o). (Substituted by Act 3 of 2016)
(2) In accordance with the Public Health Act, after consultation with the Commission and the Bureau of Standards, the Minister responsible for health may—
(a) set different standards for the quality of potable water based on the particular characteristics of the various localities, regions or sectors where the services are to be or are being provided; and
(b) establish the terms for the achievement of those standards;
and the service licensee shall, by complying with those standards, be exempt from the provisions of subsection (1).