Regulation 9 Exemption: other establishments

(1)

Regulation 4(1) does not apply to the supply of a single-use plastic straw in—

(a)

a care home;

(b)

premises used for early years provision;

(c)

a school; or

(d)

a prison or other place of detention.

(2)

In this regulation—

“care home” has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Care Standards Act 2000^f1;
“early years provision” has the same meaning as in section 96(2) of the Childcare Act 2006^f2;
“prison” has the same meaning as in section 92(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991^f3;
“school” has the same meaning as in section 4 of the Education Act 1996^f4.

Annotations

f1: 2000 c. 14. Section 3 was amended by paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 to the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14).
f2: 2006 c. 21.
f3: 1991 c. 53.
f4: 1996 c. 56. Section 4 was amended by section 51 of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 7 and Schedule 8 to, the Education Act 1997 (c. 44), Part 3 of Schedule 22 to the Education Act 2002 (c. 32), section 95 of the Childcare Act 2006 (c. 21), paragraph 9(2) of Schedule 13 to the Education Act 2011 (c. 21) and S.I. 2010/1080, 2019/1027.