Section 135 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting paragraph (a) from subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:

(a) grant an application for registration as a supplier of water from a private water source without conditions or on the conditions the council thinks fit; or

(b) by omitting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:

(2)  In determining an application, the council is to have regard to –

(a) public health and any relevant guidelines; and

(b) whether the applicant is likely to comply with the Act and any relevant guidelines; and

(c) if the applicant has previously been registered as a supplier of water from a private water source – the extent to which the applicant has complied with the Act, any relevant guidelines, and any conditions of such registration.

(c) by inserting in subsection (3) "the applicant of" after "notify" .