The Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 No. 201

Amendment of regulation 18 (sale of water as “spring water”)

7.  For regulation 18(1) (sale of water as “spring water”) substitute—

“(1) A person must not sell water which is bottled or labelled as “spring water” if it—

(a) is bottled—

(i) in Northern Ireland, in contravention of regulation 14(1); or

(ii) outside Northern Ireland, in contravention of the requirements as described in regulation 14(1);

(b) has been subjected—

(i) in Northern Ireland, to any treatment or addition in contravention of regulation 15; or

(ii) outside Northern Ireland, to—

(aa) a treatment which is not described at regulation 15(1)(a)(i), 15(1)(a)(ii), a fluoride removal treatment, or an ozone-enriched air oxidation treatment;

(bb) any addition other than an addition described in regulation 15(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 labelled—

(i) in Northern Ireland, in contravention of regulation 16; or

(ii) outside Northern Ireland, in contravention of the requirements as described in regulation 16; or

(d) is advertised in contravention of regulation 17.”.