{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-plastic-plates-etc-and-polystyrene-containers-etc-england-regulations-2023/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-plastic-plates-etc-and-polystyrene-containers-etc-england-regulations-2023/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/982",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Protection (Plastic Plates etc. and Polystyrene Containers etc.) (England) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-plastic-plates-etc-and-polystyrene-containers-etc-england-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Amendments: transitional provision",
  "text": "In relation to any offence for which a variable monetary penalty has been imposed, or a notice of intent to impose a variable monetary penalty has been served, before these Regulations came into force—\n(a) the Environmental Protection (Microbeads) (England) Regulations 2017 apply as if the amendments in paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 had not been made;\n(b) the Environmental Protection (Plastic Straws, Cotton Buds and Stirrers) (England) Regulations 2020 apply as if the amendments in paragraphs 2(c) and 7 of Schedule 3 had not been made.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 16 in force at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/982/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:40:51.207125+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."
}