5.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), water must not be transported in containers other than those authorised for distribution to the ultimate consumer.E+W+S
(2) Natural mineral water may be transported from the spring to the bottling plant in a container which is not for distribution to the ultimate consumer if on or before 17th July 1980 water from that spring was so transported.
[F1(3) Water distributed to the ultimate consumer in a bottle marked or labelled with the description “spring water” may be transported from the spring to the bottling plant in a container which is not for distribution to the ultimate consumer if, on or before 13th December 1996, water from that spring was so transported.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 4 para. 5(3) substituted (16.7.2009) by The Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Drinking Water (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1598), regs. 1, 8(b)