The Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 No. 139

Amendments to the Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water Regulations 1999

3.  In regulation 2 (interpretation)–

(a) in paragraph (1)–

(i) in the definition of “bottle”, for the words “human consumption”, wherever they appear, there shall be substituted the words “drinking by humans”;

(ii) after the definition of “Directive 80/778”, there shall be inserted–

““Directive 98/83” means Council Directive 98/83/EC relating to the quality of water intended for human consumption(1);”; and

(iii) for the definition of “drinking water” there shall be substituted–

““drinking water” means water intended for sale for drinking by humans other than–

(a)

natural mineral water; or

(b)

water bottled in a bottle marked or labelled “spring water” in accordance with regulation 11;”;

(b) for paragraph (2), there shall be substituted–

“(2) Other expressions used both in these Regulations and in Council Directive 80/777 or 80/778 have the same meanings in these Regulations as they bear in the Directive concerned.”; and

(c) after paragraph (4) there shall be added–

“(5) Any reference in these Regulations to the marking or labelling of a bottle relates both to the case where the marking or labelling occurs before any water is bottled and also to the case where it occurs after bottling.”.

(1)

O.J. No. L 330, 5.12.98, p.32.