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

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 Introductory

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Interpretation

   3. 3. Exemptions

3. PART 2 Natural mineral water

   1. 4. Recognition as natural mineral water

   2. 5. Declining to grant or withdrawing recognition

   3. 6. Application to withdraw recognition

   4. 7. Notification of changes

   5. 8. Exploitation of natural mineral water springs

   6. 9. Treatments and additions for natural mineral water

   7. 10. Bottling of natural mineral water

   8. 11. Labelling of natural mineral water

   9. 12. Advertising of natural mineral water

   10. 13. Sale of natural mineral water

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

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

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

   3. 16. Labelling of water as “spring water”

   4. 17. Advertising of water as “spring water”

   5. 18. Sale of water as “spring water”

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” and bottled drinking water

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

      2. 25. Samples and analysis

      3. 26. Remedial action

   3. CHAPTER 3 Treatments

      1. 27. Monitoring of certain treatments

   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 Order: Improvement Notices

   3. 34. Application of other provisions of the Order

   4. 35. Savings and transitional provisions

   5. 36. Revocations

   6. 37. Consequential Amendments

8. Signature

9. 1. SCHEDULE 1

      Recognition of natural mineral water

      1. PART 1 Natural mineral water extracted from the ground in Northern Ireland

         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 district council must, on recognising a natural mineral water...

      2. PART 2 Natural mineral water extracted from the ground in a country other than an EEA State

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

         2. 2. (1) Subject to subparagraph (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. A person must not carry out fluoride removal treatment on...

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

      3. 3. The district council must assess the application and any supporting...

      4. 4. Where the district council decides to authorise a fluoride removal...

      5. 5. Where the district council decides to refuse to authorise a...

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

      7. 7. Where the district council is satisfied that the conditions specified...

      8. 8. Where the district council has informed an applicant under paragraph...

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

      10. 10. The district council must immediately comply with a direction of...

   3. SCHEDULE 3

      Ozone-enriched air treatment

      1. 1. A person must not carry out an ozone-enriched air treatment...

      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 district council must assess the application and any supporting...

      5. 5. Where the district council decides to authorise an ozone-enriched air...

      6. 6. Where the district council refuses to authorise an ozone-enriched air...

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

      8. 8. The district council may withdraw authorisation of an ozone-enriched air...

      9. 9. Where the district council has informed an applicant under paragraph...

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

      11. 11. The district council 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”

      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 subparagraphs (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” and bottled drinking water including prescribed concentrations or values of parameters

      1. PART 1 Requirements for water bottled and labelled as spring water and bottled drinking water

         1. 1. Water satisfies the requirements if— (a) the water does not...

         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” 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. 1. Sampling

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

         3. 3. Sampling must be carried out at frequencies specified in Table...

   9. SCHEDULE 9

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

      1. PART 1 General

         1. 1. General

         2. 2. Radon

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

         4. 4. Each district council 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 district council may use various reliable screening strategies to...

         11. 11. If the district council screens for an individual radionuclide or...

         12. 12. (1) If the district council 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” 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 district councils

       2. PART 2 Methods of analysis and performance characteristics

          1. Make a basal medium consisting of— Tryptose 30.0g Yeast extract...

   11. SCHEDULE 11

       Sampling and analysis for indicative dose in water bottled and labelled as “spring water” 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 Order

       1. Part 1 Modification of Article 9(1)

          1. 1. For Article 9(1) (improvement notices), substitute— (1) If an authorised...

       2. PART 2 Modification of Article 33(1)

          1. 1. In Article 33(1) for subparagraphs (a) to (c) (powers of...

       3. PART 3 Modification of Article 37 and 38

          1. 1. For Article 37(1) of the Order (appeals), substitute—

          2. 2. In Article 37(2A)(b) for “(1)(a)” substitute “(1) as applied and...

          3. 3. In both Article 38(1) and (2) of the Order after...

       4. Part 4 Application and modification of other provisions of the Order

   13. SCHEDULE 13

       Consequential Amendments

       1. 1. The Private Water Supplies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

       2. 2. The Food Safety (Sampling and Qualifications) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013

       3. 3. The Food Information Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014

10. Explanatory Note