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18.—(1) No person may sell water which is bottled or labelled as “spring water”, “dŵr ffynnon”, or its equivalent in any other language, if it—
[F1(a)is bottled—
(i)in Wales, in contravention of regulation 14(1); or
(ii)otherwise than in Wales, in contravention of the requirements as described in regulation 14(1);
(b)has been subjected—
(i)in Wales, to any treatment or addition in contravention of regulation 15; or
(ii)otherwise than in Wales, to—
(aa)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 Wales, in contravention of regulation 16; or
(ii)otherwise than in Wales, in contravention of the requirements as described in regulation 16; or]
(d)is advertised in contravention of regulation 17.
(2) No person may sell water from the same spring as “spring water”, “dŵr ffynnon”, or its equivalent in any other language, under more than one trade description.
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 18(1)(a)-(c) substituted (27.10.2017) by The Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/935), regs. 1(3), 7
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