{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/packaging-waste-data-reporting-no2-regulations-northern-ireland-2023/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/packaging-waste-data-reporting-no2-regulations-northern-ireland-2023/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2023/25",
  "legislation_title": "The Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/packaging-waste-data-reporting-no2-regulations-northern-ireland-2023",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Drink",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of these Regulations,... 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 subparagraphs (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": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked (1.1.2025) by The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1332), reg. 1(2), Sch. 17 para. 1(e) (with reg. 12, Sch. 15)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 5(1) omitted (1.5.2024) by virtue of The Packaging Waste (Data Reporting) (No. 2) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/80), regs. 1(2), 5 (with reg. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 in operation at 28.2.2023, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2023/25/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:32:23.967075+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."
}