{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-mineral-water-spring-water-and-bottled-drinking-water-regulations-1999/schedule-3/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-mineral-water-spring-water-and-bottled-drinking-water-regulations-1999/schedule-3/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1540",
  "legislation_title": "The Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-mineral-water-spring-water-and-bottled-drinking-water-regulations-1999",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Water satisfies the requirements of this Schedule if–\n(a) the water does not contain any property, element, organism, or substance–\n(i) (other than a parameter) at a concentration or value which would be injurious to health;\n(ii) (whether or not a parameter) at a concentration or value which in conjunction with any other property, element, organism or substance it contains (whether or not a parameter) would be injurious to health;\n(b) the water does not contain–\n(i) 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;\n(ii) concentrations of trihalomethanes (being the aggregate of the concentrations of trichloromethane, dichlorobromomethane, dibromochloromethane and tribromomethane) in excess of 100μg/l; and\n(c) in the case of water prepared from water which has been softened or desalinated, its hardness is not below a minimum concentration of 60 mg Ca/l and its alkalinity is not below a minimum concentration of 30 mg HCO3/l.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2003/139",
      "affecting_title": "The Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 (revoked)"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1540/schedule/3/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:43:34.410997+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."
}