# The Environmental Protection (Plastic Plates etc. and Polystyrene Containers etc.) (England) Regulations 2023, 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 2020.
(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 2015.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348248272/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-protection-plastic-plates-etc-and-polystyrene-containers-etc-england-regulations-2023/regulation-3
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