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

17.  In paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 3 (requirements for spring water and drinking water including prescribed concentrations or values of parameters) —

(a) for sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs —

“(a) the water does not contain —

(i) any micro-organism (other than a parameter) or parasite, or

(ii) any property, element or substance (other than a parameter),

at a concentration or value which would constitute a potential danger to human health;

(aa) the water does not contain any substance (whether or not a parameter) at a concentration or value which, in conjunction with any other property, element, substance or organism it contains (whether or not a parameter), would constitute a potential danger to human health;”;

(b) for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph —

“(b) the water does not contain concentrations or values of any of the parameters listed in Tables A to D in Part II of this Schedule in excess of the prescribed concentrations or values; and”; and

(c) in sub-paragraph (c) the words from “and its alkalinity” to the end shall be deleted.