Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 No. 301

PART II Natural mineral water

Exploitation of natural mineral water springs

6.—(1) No person shall exploit any natural mineral water spring or bottle any water extracted from such a spring unless—

(a) the water extracted from that spring is natural mineral water;

(b) a district council has given permission for that spring to be exploited; and

(c) subject to the final unlettered sub-paragraph of paragraph 2 of Annex II, the exploitation and bottling requirements are met.

(2) No person shall sell any water extracted from a spring which is exploited in contravention of paragraph (1).