The Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water Regulations 1999

Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 1540

FOOD

The Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water Regulations 1999

Made

3rd June 1999

Laid before Parliament

7th June 1999

Coming into force

30th June 1999

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Secretary of State for Health and the Secretary of State for Wales, acting jointly in relation to England and Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to Scotland, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 6(4), 16(1), 17(1), 26(1)(a) and (3), 31 and 48(1) of the Food Safety Act 1990(1) after consultation in accordance with section 48(4) with such organisations as appear to them to be representative of interests likely to be substantially affected by the Regulations; the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State, being Ministers designated(2) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(3) in relation to the exploitation and marketing of natural mineral waters, acting jointly, in exercise (so far as is required for revocations effected by these Regulations) of the powers conferred on them by the said section 2(2); and in exercise of all other powers enabling them in that behalf hereby make the following Regulations:

(1)

1990 c. 16: “the Ministers” is defined in section 4(1) of the Act; section 6(4)(a) was amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 9 to the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40).

(2)

S.I. 1973/1889.

(3)

1972 c. 68.