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The Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2004
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Amendments to the Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water Regulations 1999
12.—(1) In regulation 18, after paragraph (3) there shall be added the following —
“(4) In any proceedings for an offence for contravening regulation 9A, 10(3)(b), 11(1)(f) or 11A it shall be a defence for the accused to prove that —
(a)the water in respect of which the offence is alleged to have been committed was bottled and marked or labelled before 1st July 2004; and
(b)the matters constituting the alleged offence would not have constituted an offence under these Regulations as they stood immediately before the coming into force of the Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2004.”.
(2) In regulation 18, after the paragraph (4) inserted by paragraph (1) above there shall be added the following —
“(5) In any proceedings for an offence for contravening regulations 7A or 10(5)(e) it shall be a defence for the accused to prove that —
(a)the water in respect of which the offence is alleged to have been committed was bottled and marked or labelled as the case may be, before 1st July 2004; and
(b)the matters constituting the alleged offence would not have constituted an offence under these Regulations as they stood immediately before the coming into force of the Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2004.”.
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