{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carrier-bags-act-northern-ireland-2014/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carrier-bags-act-northern-ireland-2014/section-9.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/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Amendments of the 2013 Regulations",
  "text": "(1) The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (“the 2013 Regulations”) are amended as follows.\n(2) For regulation 3 substitute—\n“Meaning of “carrier bag”\n3 In these Regulations “carrier bag” means a bag of any material supplied or designed for the purpose of enabling goods to be taken away or delivered.”.\n(3) Except in regulation 1(1) (citation) and regulation 3 (meaning of “single use carrier bag”)—\n(a) for “single use carrier bag” (whenever occurring) substitute “ carrier bag ”;\n(b) for “single use carrier bags” (whenever occurring) substitute “ carrier bags ”.\n(4) In regulation 6, for the words from “for the purpose” to the end substitute “ at a place where goods are sold ”.\n(5) In paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 (exemptions)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (1), after head (k) add—\n“(l) bags which are sold to customers for a price of not less than 20 pence each;\n(m) multiple reuse plastic bags that are issued as free replacements for a corresponding number of worn out multiple reuse plastic bags.”;\n(b) in sub-paragraph (3), after the definition of “medicinal product” insert—\n““multiple reuse plastic bags” means bags which—\n(a) are made wholly or mainly from plastic;\n(b) have either maximum dimensions of 404 mm (both width and height) or a maximum dimension of 439 mm (either width or height);\n(c) are manufactured from material which is greater than 49 microns in thickness;\n(d) are purchased by the customer; and\n(e) when worn out are returnable to the seller from whom they were purchased to be replaced free of charge;”.\n(6) This section comes into operation on 19th January 2015.\n(7) Nothing in this section affects any power to amend or revoke the 2013 Regulations.",
  "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/9",
    "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."
}