The Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017

Amendment of regulation 13 (sale of natural mineral water)

4.  For regulation 13(2) (sale of natural mineral water) substitute—

“(2) A person must not sell bottled natural mineral water if it—

(a) has been extracted from a spring—

(i) in Northern Ireland, which has been exploited in contravention of regulation 8; or

(ii) outside Northern Ireland, which has been exploited otherwise than in compliance with the requirements as described at regulation 8(1)(a) and (c) and regulation 8(2), or if the competent authority of the area in which the spring is exploited has not given permission for the spring to be so exploited;

(b) has been subjected—

(i) in Northern Ireland, to any treatment or addition in contravention of regulation 9; or

(ii) outside Northern Ireland, to—

(aa) a treatment which is not described at regulation 9(1)(a)(i), 9(1)(a)(ii), a fluoride removal treatment, or an ozone-enriched air oxidation treatment;

(bb) any addition other than an addition described in regulation 9(1)(b); or

(cc) any disinfection treatment, the addition of bacteriostatic elements, or any other treatment likely to change the viable colony count of the natural mineral water;

(c) is bottled—

(i) in Northern Ireland, in contravention of regulation 10; or

(ii) outside Northern Ireland, in contravention of the requirements as described in regulation 10;

(d) is labelled—

(i) in Northern Ireland, in contravention of regulation 11; or

(ii) outside Northern Ireland, in contravention of the requirements as described in regulation 11;

(e) is advertised in contravention of regulation 12.”.