# The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Scotland) Regulations 2021, Regulation 5: Offence: single-use plastic straws

Extent: S

(1) A person who, in the course of a business, supplies, offers to supply, or has in their possession for supply, to an end-user, a single-use plastic straw commits an offence.
(2) Paragraph (1) is subject to the exemptions in regulations 6 to 11.
(3) A person who commits an offence under paragraph (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2021/410/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-plastic-products-scotland-regulations-2021/regulation-5
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