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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-packaging-waste-data-reporting-england-regulations-2022/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-packaging-waste-data-reporting-england-regulations-2022/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2022/9780348241549",
  "legislation_title": "The Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (England) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-packaging-waste-data-reporting-england-regulations-2022",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Drink",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of these Regulations, except in regulation 12(4), drink means—\n(a) water suitable for human consumption;\n(b) a beverage suitable for human consumption;\n(c) a sports drink suitable for human consumption; or\n(d) a liquid which, when prepared in a specified manner, constitutes a beverage suitable for human consumption (including, for example, a fruit cordial or a fruit squash) or a sports drink.\n(2) For the avoidance of doubt, paragraph (1)(d) does not apply to a liquid which is used only as a flavouring or sweetener in another liquid which itself constitutes a beverage suitable for human consumption.\n(3) A liquid is prepared in a specified manner if it is—\n(a) diluted;\n(b) combined with crushed ice, or processed so as to create crushed ice;\n(c) combined with carbon dioxide; or\n(d) prepared by way of a process that involves any combination of the processes mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c).\n(4) In this regulation “sports drink” means a drink which is advertised or marketed as a product to enhance physical performance, accelerate recovery after exercise or build bulk, or other similar drink.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2022/9780348241549/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:44:13.771373+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}