# The Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (England) Regulations 2007, Regulation 5: Exploitation of natural mineral water springs

Extent: E+W

(1) No person shall exploit any spring for the purpose of marketing the water from it as natural mineral water unless—
(a) the water extracted from that spring is natural mineral water;
(b) the relevant authority has given permission for that spring to be exploited; and
(c) the requirements of Schedule 4 are met.
(2) Where it is found during exploitation that natural mineral water is polluted and that bottling of the water would contravene paragraph 6, 7 or 8 of Schedule 4, no person shall exploit the spring from which the water is extracted until the cause of the pollution is eradicated and the bottling of the water would comply with those paragraphs.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2785/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/natural-mineral-water-spring-water-and-bottled-drinking-water-england-regulations-2007/regulation-5
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