Scottish Statutory Instrument
2007
Scotland
Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (Scotland) (No. 2) Regulations 2007
At a glance
Enforced by
What's here
9 compliance obligations
Who this Act binds
Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.
- Any Person 2
- Operator 1
Plus 6 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.
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Any Person also bound by 2338 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Human Medicines Regulations 2012 2012 169 duties
- Merchant Shipping Act 1995 1995 144 duties
- Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 2016 101 duties
- Road Traffic Act 1988 1988 95 duties
- Air Navigation Order 2016 2016 95 duties
Operators also bound by 730 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 (Air Operations) 2012 138 duties
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066 of 19 December 2018 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 (Text with EEA relevance) 2018 121 duties
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 of 21 June 2012 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed) 2012 112 duties
- Space Industry Regulations 2021 2021 75 duties
- Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’) (Text with EEA relevance) 2016 66 duties
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Part 1 — Introductory
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Interpretation
Exemptions
Additional language
Part 2 — Natural mineral water
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Recognition as natural mineral water
Exploitation of natural mineral water springs
Treatments and additions for natural mineral water
Bottling of natural mineral water
Marking, labelling and advertisement of natural mineral waters
Sale of natural mineral water
Part 3 — Spring water
Browse 3 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Bottling of spring water and exploitation of spring water springs
Marking, labelling and advertisement of spring water
Sale of spring water
Part 4 — Bottled drinking water
Browse 3 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Bottling of drinking water
Marking, labelling and advertising of bottled drinking water
Sale of bottled drinking water
Part 5 — Miscellaneous and supplemental
Browse 8 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Enforcement
Arrangements for samples taken for analysis
Submission of samples to the Government Chemist
Methods of analysis
Offences and penalties
Defences
Application of other provisions
Revocations
Schedules
Upon receiving the application for review, the Agency shall make...
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Agency must investigate and decide on review applications for treatment process authorisation Statutory regulator
In the case of such a direction, the food authority...
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Food authority must comply with directions under the Regulations Local authority
(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), water must not...
- Use authorised containers only for transporting bottled water to customers Any Person
(1) The revivable total colony count of the water at...
- Test water at source to ensure colony count is normal and not contaminated Operator
Radon
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Food authorities must conduct representative radon surveys of water sources Local authority
Averaging
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Food authority must take follow-up samples if water quality limit is exceeded Local authority
Remedial action
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Food authority must investigate non-compliance and require remedial action for spring water or bottled drinking water Local authority
Analysis of samples
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Ensure each water sample is analysed correctly Local authority
Browse 44 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
Treatment of natural mineral waters and spring waters with ozone-enriched...
Treatment of natural mineral waters and spring waters with ozone-enriched...
A person seeking to have a process of treatment with...
The food authority shall assess the application and any information...
Where the food authority decides to authorise a treatment process...
Where the food authority refuses to authorise a treatment process...
Where a treatment process has been authorised pursuant to paragraph...
If the food authority is satisfied that the conditions in...
Where the food authority decides either not to grant or...
A person seeking to have authorised a treatment of natural...
The food authority shall assess the application and any information...
Where the food authority decides to authorise a treatment pursuant...
Where the food authority refuses to authorise a treatment pursuant...
Where a treatment has been authorised pursuant to paragraph 2,...
If the food authority is satisfied that the conditions specified...
Where the food authority has informed an applicant under paragraph...
Upon receiving the application for review, the Agency shall—
Water satisfies the requirements of this Schedule if–
The concentrations or values of the parameters listed in Tables...
The Agency shall, on recognising water in accordance with this...
Equipment for exploiting the water must be so installed as...
The spring or outlet must be protected against the risks...
The catchment, pipes and reservoirs must be of materials suitable...
The conditions of exploitation, particularly the washing and bottling equipment,...
(1) After bottling, the total colony count at source may...
Both at source and during its marketing, water shall be...
General
Sampling must be carried out at the frequencies specified in...
If the concentration of tritium exceeds the parametric value specified...
The representative surveys must be designed in such a way...
Sampling must be carried out at the frequencies specified in...
Each food authority must monitor spring water and bottled drinking...
Exemption from monitoring
Treatment of bottled drinking water
Indicative dose
Sampling must be carried out at the frequencies specified in...
A food authority may use various reliable screening strategies to...
Subject to paragraph 7, if a food authority screens for...
If a food authority screens for an individual radionuclide or...
Paragraph 5 does not prohibit a food authority from screening...
If the gross alpha activity and gross beta activity are...
Tritium
For each radionuclide specified in the second column of Table...
For each parameter specified in the first column of Table...
Other sections — not classified into a Part
These sections sit outside the numbered Parts — usually provisions added or moved by later amendments.
A person seeking to have water which is extracted from...
- Apply to the food authority for natural mineral water recognition Any Person
Browse 5 other sections
Enforcement and responsible bodies
The regulators that administer or enforce this legislation.
Food safety and standards in Scotland. Independent public body with similar remit to FSA but for Scotland specifically. Administers Food Hygiene Information …
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