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The Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018

S.I. 2018/352 · Made 7 March 2018

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Food, England

Made 7th March 2018

Laid before Parliament 12th March 2018

Coming into force 6th April 2018

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6(4), 16(1), 17(1), 26(1) and (3), 31 and 48(1) of the Food Safety Act 1990f1 now vested in relation to England in the Secretary of Statef2.

The Secretary of State has had regard to relevant advice given by the Food Standards Agency in accordance with section 48(4A) of the Food Safety Act 1990f3.

There has been consultation as required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safetyf4.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1990 c.16; section 6(4) was amended by the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40), Schedule 9, paragraph 6, the Food Standards Act 1999 (c. 28) (“the 1999 Act”), Schedule 5, paragraph 10(1) and (3) and S.I. 2002/794 and partially repealed by the 1999 Act, Schedule 6. Section 16(1) was amended by the 1999 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 8. Section 17(1) was amended by the 1999 Act, Schedule 5, paragraphs 8 and 12(a), and S.I. 2011/1043. Section 26(3) was partially repealed by the 1999 Act, Schedule 6. Sections 31(1) and 48(1) were amended by the 1999 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 8.

f2

Functions formerly exercisable by “the Ministers” (being, in relation to England and Wales and acting jointly, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretaries of State respectively concerned with health in England and food and health in Wales and, in relation to Scotland, the Secretary of State) are now exercisable in relation to England by the Secretary of State pursuant to the 1999 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 8.

f3

Section 48(4A) was inserted by the 1999 Act, Schedule 5, paragraph 21.

f4

OJ No. L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1, as last amended by Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 117, 5.5.2017, p. 1).

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and extent
  2. 2Amendment of the Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (England) Regulations 2007
  3. 3Amendment of regulation 2 (interpretation)
  4. 4Amendment of regulation 3 (exemptions)
  5. 5Amendment of regulation 14 (marking, labelling and advertising of bottled drinking water)
  6. 6Amendment of regulation 16 (enforcement)
  7. 7Insertion of regulation 16A (monitoring of bottled spring water and bottled drinking water)
  8. 8Omission of regulations 19 to 21 (methods of analysis, offences and penalties and defences)
  9. 9Substitution of regulation 22 (application of provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990)
  10. 10Substitution of Schedule 2 (requirements for spring water and drinking water including prescribed concentrations or values of parameters)
  11. 11Omission of Schedules 9 to 11 (audit monitoring, check monitoring and minimum sampling frequencies)
  12. 12Insertion of Schedule 12 (monitoring provisions) and Schedule 13 (application of provisions of the Food Safety Act 1990)
  13. Signature
  14. Schedule 1New Schedule 2
  15. Schedule 2New Schedules 12 and 13
  16. Explanatory note