The Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003

Amendments to the Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water Regulations 1999

17.  In paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 3 (requirements for spring water and drinking water including prescribed concentrations or values of parameters)—

(a) for sub-paragraph (a), there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs—

“(a) the water does not contain—

(i) any micro-organism (other than a parameter) or parasite, or

(ii) any property, element or substance (other than a parameter),

at a concentration or value which would constitute a potential danger to human health;

(aA) the water does not contain any substance (whether or not a parameter) at a concentration or value which, in conjunction with any other property, element, substance or organism it contains (whether or not a parameter), would constitute a potential danger to human health;”;

(b) for sub-paragraph (b), there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(b) the water does not contain concentrations or values of any of the parameters listed in Tables A to D in Part II of this Schedule in excess of the prescribed concentrations or values; and”; and

(c) in sub-paragraph (c), the words from “and its alkalinity” to the end shall be deleted.