{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carrier-bags-act-northern-ireland-2014/section-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carrier-bags-act-northern-ireland-2014/section-10.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2014/7",
  "legislation_title": "Carrier Bags Act (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carrier-bags-act-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "section/10",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Report on biodegradable carrier bags",
  "text": "(1) The Department must, within 18 months of Royal Assent, prepare a report on biodegradable carrier bags.\n(2) A report under this section must consider—\n(a) the desirability of any exemptions on the grounds of biodegradability from the requirement to charge for carrier bags;\n(b) the criteria under which any such exemptions should apply; and\n(c) how any exemptions on the grounds of biodegradability proposed in the report would be implemented.\n(3) The Department must—\n(a) lay a report under this section before the Assembly; and\n(b) publish a report under this section in such a manner as it thinks appropriate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2014/7/section/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:21.807364+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."
}