The Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (revoked)

7.  For regulation 20 (offences and penalties) there is substituted the following regulation—

“Offences and penalties

20.— (1) A person is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale if that person—

(a) contravenes regulation 5, 6(1), 7(1), (3) or (4), 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 or 22(3);

(b) fails to comply with any provision of Regulation 115/2010 specified in paragraph (2); or

(c) carries out an authorised activated alumina treatment that has a disinfectant action.

(2) The provisions are—

(a) Article 1.2 (requirement that authorised activated alumina treatments be performed in accordance with the technical requirements set out in the Annex;

(b) the first sentence of Article 2 (requirement that the release of residues into natural mineral water or spring water as a result of any authorised activated alumina treatment be as low as technically feasible according to the best practices and not pose a risk to public health);

(c) the second sentence of Article 2 (requirement that, to ensure compliance with the first sentence of Article 2, operators implement and monitor the critical processing steps set out in the Annex);

(d) Article 3.1 (requirement that the application of an authorised activated alumina treatment be notified to the competent authorities at least three months prior to use); and

(e) Article 4 as read with the second paragraph of Article 5 (requirement that, subject to a transitional provision, the label on natural mineral water or spring water subjected to any authorised activated alumina treatment include specified information in proximity to the statement of the analytical composition).”.