Water for Lead·Acid Batteries Order, 1980

L.N. 101 of 1980

QUALITY CONTROL (EXPORTS, IMPORTS

AND LOCAL GOODS) ACT, 1971

(ACT NO. XIII OF 1971)

Water for Lead·Acid Batteries Order, 1980

(Order No. M7 of 1980)

IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of Quality Control

(Exports, Imports and Loca1 Goods) Act, 197 1 , and in accordance with

that section, the Malta Board of Standards has made the following order.

1. This order may be cited as the Water for Lead-Acid Bat·

Citation and

commencem ent.

teries Order, 1980 , and may be referred to as Order No. M 7 of 1980 .

1.2. This order shall become operative on a date after the lapse

of 20 days from the day on which it is la id on the tab le of the House

of Representatives which date shall be notified by the Board in the

Gazette.

1. This order applies only to disti11ed water sold in bottles or in

S cope.

bulk and nonnally used in lead-acid batteries or for other industrial

purposes.

Characteristics

1. The finished product sold as water

for lead-acid batteries

of water.

should have the following characteristics

3.1.1. The water shall be purified by disti11ation, ion exchange

or other suitable process.

3.1.2.

It shall be clear when viewed through

a depth of

300 mm.

3.1 .3. Conductivity. The water shalI have

a

conductivity

not greater than 10 mho/cm.

3.1.4. Manganese content. The

water

shall

not

contain

mor e than 0.1 mg of mang anese/Kg.

3.1.5. Ammoniacal nitrogen content. The material shall not

contain more than 10 mg of ammoniacal nitrogen, expressed as

NH3, per kilogram, detennined and calculated by the method des­

cribed in paragraph 6 .

3.1 .6. Nitrogen oxides content. The material shall not con­

tain more than 3 mg of nitrogen oxides, expressed as N, per kilo­

gram, determined and ca1culated by the method described in para­

graph 6.

3.1.7. Iron content. The material shall not contain more

than 5 mg of iron, expressed as Fe, per kilogram, detennined and

calculated by the method described in paragraph 6.

3.1 .8. Copper content. The materjal shall not contain more

than 5 mg of copper, expressed as Cu, per kilogram, determined

and calculated by the method described in paragraph 6.

1. Every container of 'Distilled Water' should have a label show-

Labelling.

ing in clear and distinct print the following infonnation:-

4.1.1. the fact that the container contains "Water for Lead-

Acid Batteries";

4.1.2.

the net volume of the contents in metric units;

the brand name or trade mark or,

4.1.3.

the name and address of the manufacturer;

4.1.4.

4.1.5. where the brand name is not entered in a list kept by

the Director of Industry nor is the trade mark registered with the

Comptroller of Industrial Property, the inclusion in the label of the

name and address of the manufacturer shall be compulsory;

4.1.6.

the fact that it confonns with Order No. M7 of 1980.

1.

Each container should be sealed in a suitable manner.

1. The determinations referred to in paragraph 3.1.3. to 3.1.8

are to be carried out as described in the appendix of B.S. 4974 of 1975.

l-Inforroazz.loni

lhe Departmenl 0/ Jn/urmullOn

Ippubblikat mid· Dipartiment ta'

Published by

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n-u.c.s.

Stamperlja tal-Gvern

Prlmed at

Ih. C.O.S.

- Governmelfl Primill/l Pre68

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