Regulation 3 Offence: supply of single-use plastic plates, trays or bowls to an end user
(1)
A person who, in the course of a business, supplies or offers to supply to an end user a single-use plastic plate, tray or bowl is guilty of an offence.
(2)
Paragraph (1) does not apply to the supply of a single-use plastic plate, tray or bowl that is packaging.
(3)
Paragraph (1) is subject, in respect of a tray or bowl, to section 2 of the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020f1.
(4)
A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine.
(5)
In this regulation, “packaging” has the same meaning as in regulation 3 of the Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2015f2.
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Footnotes
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S.I. 2015/1640. Regulation 3 was amended in relation to England by S.I. 2019/188.