{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deposit-and-return-scheme-for-scotland-regulations-2020/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deposit-and-return-scheme-for-scotland-regulations-2020/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2020/154",
  "legislation_title": "The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deposit-and-return-scheme-for-scotland-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and commencement",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Regulations 2020.\n(2) Parts 1, 4 and 6 come into force on the day after the day on which these Regulations are made.\n(3) In Part 5, regulations 22 to 25 come into force on 1 January 2021.\n(4) Part 3 comes into force on 1 January 2022.\n(4A) In Part 5, regulations 19, 20 and 21 come into force on 1 July 2025 for the purposes only of registration of groceries retailers, return point operators and takeback service providers.\n(5) Parts 2 , 7 and 8, and regulations 19, 20 and 21 for all purposes and the remaining provisions of Part 5 come into force on 1 October 2027.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 1(4A) inserted (20.6.2025) by The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/188), regs. 1, 3(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 1(5) substituted (25.2.2022) by The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Amendment Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/76), regs. 1(1), 3(a) (with reg. 15)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 1(5) inserted (20.6.2025) by The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/188), regs. 1, 3(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 1(5) substituted (20.6.2025) by The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Amendment Regulations 2025 (S.S.I. 2025/188), regs. 1, 3(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 1 in force at 20.5.2020, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2020/154/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:02:17.139358+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."
}