The Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (England) Regulations 2007

[F1 Stopping or reducing the frequency of sampling: screening for indicative dose E+W+S

42.— (1) In relation to screening for indicative dose, a food authority may, from time to time, decide to stop taking samples for screening purposes, or to take such samples at a reduced frequency, where—

(a) it is satisfied that only naturally occurring radionuclides are present in the water,

(b) the result of the analysis of the last sample of the water carried out by the food authority for screening purposes shows that—

(i) where screening has been carried out under paragraph 38, the gross alpha activity in the water did not exceed 0.1 Bq/l,

(ii) where screening has been carried out under paragraph 39, the gross beta activity in the water did not exceed 1.0 Bq/l, or

(iii) where screening has been carried out under paragraph 40 or 41, the activity concentration of any radionuclide in the water analysed for the purpose of that screening did not exceed 20% of its derived concentration,

(c) in a case where the results of the analyses of previous samples taken by the food authority for screening purposes are available and the food authority considers them to be relevant to its decision, the results of the analyses of those samples, taken together with the result of the analysis of the last sample, show that—

(i) where screening has been carried out under paragraph 38, the gross alpha activity in the water is stable,

(ii) where screening has been carried out under paragraph 39, the gross beta activity in the water is stable, or

(iii) where screening has been carried out under paragraph 40 or 41, the activity concentration of any radionuclide analysed for the purpose of that screening is stable, and

(d) the authority is satisfied that the change in the monitoring arrangements will not increase any risk to human health.

(2) Where a food authority has made a decision under sub-paragraph (1) to stop taking samples of water for the purpose of screening under paragraph 38, 39, 40 or 41 but a change occurs in relation to the supply of the water that the food authority believes is likely to influence the activity concentration of radionuclides in the water, the food authority must—

(a) take and analyse a sample of the water using one of the screening methods specified in paragraph 37(1), or

(b) take and analyse a sample of the water and use the results of that analysis to make a paragraph 45 determination for the water.

(3) A food authority which has made a decision under sub-paragraph (1) to stop taking samples of any water, or to reduce the frequency at which it takes samples of the water, may at any time decide to start taking samples of the water again at the frequency provided for in the table in Part 3 or, in accordance with sub-paragraph (1), at some other reduced frequency.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 12 inserted (6.4.2018) by The Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/352), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2