Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (S.S.I. No. 132 of 2004).

These Regulations: (a) prescribe a definition of authorized ozone-enriched air oxidation technique (reg. 3 and the Schedule); (b) allow, for the first time, treatment of natural mineral waters with an authorized ozone-enriched air oxidation technique (reg. 4); (c) set maximum limits for certain naturally-occurring substances in natural mineral water and standards for methods used to detect these substances (reg. 5 and the Schedule); (d) provide for an exception for products produced in other EEA States which do not yet conform to the limits, where the EEA State concerned has not yet implemented those limits and the deadline for implementation has not yet passed (reg. 5); (e) prohibit the treatment of natural mineral water with unauthorized ozone-enriched air oxidation techniques (reg. 6); (f) provide for an appropriate form of labeling indication on natural mineral water where it has undergone an authorized treatment with ozone-enriched air or where it contains a high level of fluoride (reg. 7); (g) prohibit the sale of natural mineral water without the applicable labeling indications (which will become an offence by virtue of the operation of reg. 17 of the 1999 Regulations which also specifies a penalty of a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale) (reg. 8); (h) provide for an appropriate labeling indication where a spring water has undergone an authorized ozone-enriched air oxidation technique and prohibit its sale without that labeling indication (which will become an offence by virtue of the operation of regulation 11(5) of the 1999 Regulations, the penalty for which is specified by regulation 17 of the 1999 Regulations as being a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale) (reg. 9); (i) prohibit bottling or sale of water described as spring water if treated with an unauthorized ozone-enriched air oxidation treatment (reg. 10).