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The Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (Wales) Regulations 2015

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 Introductory

    1. 1.Title, commencement and application

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Exemptions

  3. PART 2 Natural mineral water

    1. 4.Recognition as natural mineral water

    2. 4A.Transitional provision: withdrawal from the EEA and the EU

    3. 5.Declining to grant or withdrawing recognition

    4. 6.Application to withdraw recognition

    5. 7.Notification of changes

    6. 8.Exploitation of natural mineral water springs

    7. 9.Treatments and additions for natural mineral water

    8. 10.Bottling of natural mineral water

    9. 11.Labelling of natural mineral water

    10. 12.Advertising of natural mineral water

    11. 13.Sale of natural mineral water

  4. PART 3 Water intended to be sold as “spring water” or “dŵr ffynnon”

    1. 14.Exploitation of springs and bottling of water intended to be labelled and sold as “spring water” or “dŵr ffynnon”

    2. 15.Treatments and additions for water intended to be labelled and sold as “spring water” or “dŵr ffynnon”

    3. 16.Labelling of water as “spring water” or “dŵr ffynnon”

    4. 17.Advertising of water as “spring water” or “dŵr ffynnon”

    5. 18.Sale of water as “spring water” or “dŵr ffynnon”

  5. PART 4 Bottled drinking water

    1. 19.Bottling of drinking water

    2. 20.Labelling of bottled drinking water

    3. 21.Advertising of bottled drinking water

    4. 22.Sale of bottled drinking water

  6. PART 5 Monitoring and sampling

    1. CHAPTER 1 Natural mineral water

      1. 23.Monitoring of natural mineral water

    2. CHAPTER 2 Water bottled and labelled as “spring water” or “dŵr ffynnon” and bottled drinking water

      1. 24.Monitoring of water bottled and labelled as “spring water” or “dŵr ffynnon” and bottled drinking water

      2. 25.Samples and analysis

      3. 26.Remedial action

    3. CHAPTER 3 Treatments

      1. 27.Monitoring of certain treatments

      2. 27A.Fluoride removal treatment

      3. 27B.Ozone-enriched air treatment

    4. CHAPTER 4 Samples

      1. 28.General

      2. 29.Delivery

      3. 30.Notification

      4. 31.Analysis by the Government Chemist

  7. PART 6 Enforcement and miscellaneous provisions

    1. 32.Enforcement

    2. 33.Application of the Act: improvement notices

    3. 34.Application of the Act: powers of entry

    4. 35.Application of other provisions of the Act

    5. 36.Savings and transitional provisions

    6. 37.Revocations

    7. 38.Amendments to other legislation

  8. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Recognition of natural mineral water

      1. PART 1 Natural mineral water extracted from the ground in Wales

        1. 1.A person seeking to have water which is extracted from...

        2. 2.Where information on the anions, cations, non-ionised compounds and trace...

        3. 3.Where information required by paragraph 1 has been given, the...

        4. 4.The food authority must, on recognising a natural mineral water...

      2. PART 2 Natural mineral water extracted from the ground in a third country

        1. 5.A person seeking to have a water which is extracted...

        2. 6.Where information on the anions, cations, non-ionised compounds and trace...

        3. 7.The Agency must recognise such a water if the responsible...

        4. 8.Recognition of such water lapses after a period of five...

        5. 9.The Agency must, on recognising water in accordance with this...

      3. PART 3 Requirements and criteria for recognition as a natural mineral water

        1. 10.A person seeking to have water recognised as natural mineral...

        2. 11.(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a person seeking to have...

      4. PART 4 Particulars of anions, cations, non-ionised compounds and trace elements

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Fluoride removal treatment

      1. 1.No person may carry out fluoride removal treatment on natural...

      2. 2.A person seeking authorisation to carry out fluoride removal treatment...

      3. 3.The food authority must assess the application and any supporting...

      4. 4.Where the food authority decides to authorise a fluoride removal...

      5. 5.Where the food authority decides to refuse to authorise a...

      6. 6.Where a fluoride removal treatment has been authorised pursuant to...

      7. 7.The food authority may withdraw authorisation of a fluoride removal...

      8. 8.Where the food authority notifies a person seeking authorisation of...

      9. 9.The Agency, upon receiving an application under paragraph 8, must...

      10. 10.The food authority must immediately comply with a direction of...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Ozone-enriched air treatment

      1. 1.No person may carry out an ozone-enriched air treatment on...

      2. 2.An ozone-enriched air treatment must not— (a) modify the physico-chemical...

      3. 3.A person seeking authorisation to carry out an ozone-enriched air...

      4. 4.The food authority must assess the application and any supporting...

      5. 5.Where the food authority decides to authorise an ozone-enriched air...

      6. 6.Where the food authority refuses to authorise an ozone-enriched air...

      7. 7.Where an ozone-enriched air treatment has been authorised pursuant to...

      8. 8.The food authority may withdraw authorisation of an ozone-enriched air...

      9. 9.Where the food authority notifies a person seeking authorisation of...

      10. 10.The Agency, upon receiving an application under paragraph 9, must...

      11. 11.The food authority must immediately comply with a direction of...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Exploitation and bottling requirements for natural mineral water and water intended to be labelled and sold as “spring water” or “dŵr ffynnon”

      1. 1.Equipment for exploiting the water must be so installed as...

      2. 2.The spring or outlet must be protected against the risks...

      3. 3.The catchment, pipes and reservoirs must be of materials suitable...

      4. 4.The conditions of exploitation, particularly the washing and bottling equipment,...

      5. 5.(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), water must not...

      6. 6.(1) The revivable total colony count of the water at...

      7. 7.(1) After bottling, the total colony count of the water...

      8. 8.Water must be free from— (a) parasites and pathogenic micro-organisms;...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      Constituents of natural mineral water

      1. PART 1 Maximum limits for constituents of natural mineral water

      2. PART 2 Performance characteristics for analysing the constituents in Part 1

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      Labelling indications for natural mineral water

    7. SCHEDULE 7

      Requirements for water bottled and labelled as “spring water” or “dŵr ffynnon” and bottled drinking water including prescribed concentrations or values of parameters

      1. PART 1 Requirements for water bottled and labelled as “spring water” or “dŵr ffynnon” and bottled drinking water

        1. 1.Water satisfies the requirements of this Schedule if—

        2. 2.The concentrations or values of the parameters listed in the...

      2. PART 2 Parametric values for microbiological and chemical parameters

      3. PART 3 Parametric values for indicator parameters

      4. PART 4 Parametric values for radon, tritium and indicative dose (ID)

    8. SCHEDULE 8

      Monitoring for parameters other than radioactive substances in water bottled and labelled as “spring water” or “dŵr ffynnon” and bottled drinking water

      1. PART 1 Check monitoring

        1. 1.Sampling

        2. 2.Check monitoring means sampling water bottled and labelled as “spring...

        3. 3.Frequency of sampling

      2. PART 2 Audit monitoring

        1. 4.Sampling

        2. 5.Audit monitoring means sampling water bottled and labelled as “spring...

        3. 6.Frequency of sampling

    9. SCHEDULE 9

      Monitoring for radioactive substances in water bottled and labelled as “spring water” or “dŵr ffynnon” and bottled drinking water

      1. PART 1 General

        1. 1.Each food authority must monitor water bottled and labelled as...

        2. 2.Radon

        3. 3.The representative surveys must be designed in such a way...

        4. 4.Each food authority must monitor for radon if there is...

        5. 5.Tritium

        6. 6.Sampling must be carried out at the frequencies specified in...

        7. 7.If the concentration of tritium exceeds the parametric value specified...

        8. 8.Indicative dose

        9. 9.Sampling must be carried out at the frequencies specified in...

        10. 10.The food authority may use various reliable screening strategies to...

        11. 11.If the food authority screens for an individual radionuclide or...

        12. 12.(1) If the food authority screens for gross alpha activity...

        13. 13.Exemption from monitoring

        14. 14.Treatment of bottled drinking water

        15. 15.Averaging

      2. PART 2 Minimum sampling and analysis frequencies

    10. SCHEDULE 10

      Sampling and analysis for parameters other than radioactive substances in water bottled and labelled as “spring water” or “dŵr ffynnon” and bottled drinking water

      1. PART 1 General

        1. 1.Analysis of samples

        2. 2.Authorisation of alternative methods of analysis

        3. 3.Sampling and analysis by persons other than food authorities

      2. PART 2 Methods of analysis and performance characteristics

    11. SCHEDULE 11

      Sampling and analysis for indicative dose in water bottled and labelled as “spring water” or “dŵr ffynnon” and bottled drinking water

      1. PART 1 General

        1. 1.Analysis of samples

        2. 2.For each parameter and radionuclide specified in the first column...

        3. 3.For each parameter specified in the first column of Table...

        4. 4.If the following formula is satisfied, the indicative dose is...

      2. PART 2 Methods of analysis and performance characteristics

    12. SCHEDULE 12

      Application and modification of provisions of the Act

    13. SCHEDULE 13

      Amendments to other legislation

      1. 1.The Private Water Supplies (Wales) Regulations 2010

      2. 2.In regulation 3(a), for “the Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water...

      3. 3.The Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) (Wales) Regulations 2013

      4. 4.In Schedule 1, omit the reference to “The Natural Mineral...

      5. 5.The Food Information (Wales) Regulations 2014

      6. 6.In Schedule 7, omit paragraphs 49 and 50.

  9. Explanatory Note

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