{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-plastic-products-scotland-regulations-2021/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-plastic-products-scotland-regulations-2021/regulation-8.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/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Exemption: catering establishments",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 5(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 the single-use plastic straws—\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": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 in force at 1.6.2022, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2021/410/regulation/8",
    "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."
}