{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-protection-plastic-straws-cotton-buds-and-stirrers-england-regulations-2020/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-protection-plastic-straws-cotton-buds-and-stirrers-england-regulations-2020/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2020/9780111196205",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Protection (Plastic Straws, Cotton Buds and Stirrers) (England) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-protection-plastic-straws-cotton-buds-and-stirrers-england-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Exemption: catering establishments",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 4(1) does not apply to the supply by a catering establishment of a single-use plastic straw together with food or drink which is supplied for immediate consumption, provided that the conditions in paragraph (2) are complied with.\n(2) The conditions are that single-use plastic straws to which regulation 4(1) applies—\n(a) must not be kept in a place where they are visible to customers, or where customers can access them; and\n(b) must not be offered or provided to a customer unless the customer has requested them.\n(3) In this regulation, “catering establishment” means a restaurant, canteen, club, public house or similar establishment (including a vehicle or a fixed or mobile stall) which supplies food or drink that is ready for consumption without further preparation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2020/9780111196205/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:58:40.385686+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."
}