# The Environmental Protection (Plastic Straws, Cotton Buds and Stirrers) (England) Regulations 2020, Regulation 4: Offence: supply of single-use plastic straws 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 straw, other than an attached plastic straw, is guilty of an offence.
(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to the exemptions in regulations 5 to 9, and to regulation 15.
(3) A person who, in the course of a business, supplies or offers to supply to an end user a drink product with an attached plastic straw is guilty of an offence.
(4) Paragraph (3) is subject to the exemption in regulation 7.
(5) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) or (3) is liable on summary conviction to a fine.
(6) In this regulation, “attached plastic straw” means a single-use plastic straw which is attached to the packaging of a drink product and is intended to be used to consume that drink.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2020/9780111196205/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-protection-plastic-straws-cotton-buds-and-stirrers-england-regulations-2020/regulation-4
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