{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-plastic-products-scotland-regulations-2021/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-plastic-products-scotland-regulations-2021/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2021/410",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Scotland) Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-plastic-products-scotland-regulations-2021",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Exemption: medical devices and medical purposes",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 5(1) does not apply to the supply of a single-use plastic straw—\n(a) that is a medical device, or\n(b) for use for medical purposes.\n(2) In this regulation—\n(a) “medical device” means a medical device within the meaning given in regulation 2 of the Medical Devices Regulations 2002, to which Part 2 or Part 3 of those Regulations applies, and\n(b) “medical purposes” means the purposes of preventative medicine, medical diagnosis, medical research and the provision of medical care and treatment.\n(3) This regulation does not apply to the supply of a single-use plastic straw by a retail pharmacy business or by a catering establishment.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 6 in force at 1.6.2022, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2002/618, as relevantly amended by S.I. 2008/2936."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2021/410/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:53:10.203440+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."
}