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

[F1 PART 1 E+W+S Interpretation

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

General E+W+S

1.   In this Schedule—

“average” means mean average;

“the BSI” means the British Standards Institution;

“delegate” means a person to whom a task has been delegated by a food authority under paragraph 14, as read with paragraph 56, or a person to whom a food authority intends to delegate such a task (as the case may be);

“indicative dose” means the committed effective dose for one year of ingestion resulting from all the radionuclides (whether of natural or artificial origin) whose presence has been detected in a supply of water intended for human consumption but excluding potassium-40, radon, tritium and short-lived radon decay products;

“limit of quantification” has the meaning given in Article 2(2) of Commission Directive 2009/90/EC laying down, pursuant to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, technical specifications for chemical analysis and monitoring of water status;

“paragraph 45 determination” means a determination under paragraph 45 relating to indicative dose”;

“parametric concentration”, in relation to a parameter specified in the first column of the table in Part 3 of Schedule 2 or a parameter specified in the first column of the table in Section 1 of Part 9 for which a maximum concentration (as opposed to a value) is set, means the maximum concentration given for the parameter in the second column of the relevant table, as measured by reference to the unit of measurement specified in the third column of the relevant table;

“radioactive substance” has the meaning given in Article 2(2) of Council Directive 2013/51/Euratom laying down requirements for the protection of the health of the general public with regard to radioactive substances in water intended for human consumption;

“Regulation 882/2004” means Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules;

“sample” means a sample taken under this Schedule;

“trueness” (the systematic error) means the difference between the mean value of the large number of repeated measurements and the true value, as further described in ISO 5725-1:1994(en) entitled “Accuracy (trueness and precision) of measurement methods and results – Part 1: General principles and definitions” published by the International Organization for Standardization on 22nd December 1994, as amended by ISO 5725-1:1994/Cor 1:1998 entitled “Accuracy (trueness and precision) of measurement methods and results – Part 1: General principles and definitions TECHNICAL CORRIGENDUM 1” published by the International Organization for Standardization on 2nd May 1998;

“uncertainty of measurement” means a non-negative parameter characterising the dispersion of the quantity values being attributed to a measure based on the information used;

“year” means, unless a contrary intention appears, a calendar year or such other 12 month period as a food authority may, from time to time, decide to use for the purpose of its monitoring programme.

Delegated tasks E+W+S

2.   Where a food authority has entered into an arrangement with a person under paragraph 14, as read with Part 10, for a delegate to carry out a task specified in the first column of the table in Section 2 of Part 10 on its behalf, any reference to a food authority in that provision, and in any related provision in this Schedule, is to be read as a reference to the delegate for the purpose of carrying out that task during the duration of the delegation arrangement.]