Regulation 9 Exemption: other establishmentsI1

Scotland

(1)

Regulation 5(1) does not apply to the supply of a single-use plastic straw in a—

(a)

care home,

(b)

school,

(c)

premises used for early learning and childcare, day care of children or child minding, or

(d)

prison or other place of detention.

(2)

In this regulation—

(a)

“care home” means accommodation that is provided as a care home service within the meaning given in paragraph 2 of schedule 12 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010^f1,

(b)

“child minding” has the meaning given in paragraph 12 of schedule 12 of that Act^f2,

(c)

“day care of children” has the meaning given in paragraph 13 of schedule 12 of that Act,

(d)

“early learning and childcare” has the meaning given in section 46 of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014^f3,

(e)

“prison” means—

(i)

a prison within the meaning of section 43 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989^f4,

(ii)

a young offenders institution within the meaning of section 19(1)(b) of that Act^f5, and

(f)

“school” has the meaning given in section 135(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980^f6.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 9 in force at 1.6.2022, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: 2010 asp 8.
f2: Paragraph 12(e) was amended by S.S.I. 2013/211.
f3: 2014 asp 8.
f4: 1989 c. 45.
f5: Section 19(1)(b) was amended by section 23(1) of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 asp 7.
f6: The definition of “school” was amended by schedule 3 of the Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000 asp 6 and the section 2(2) of the Registered Establishments (Scotland) Act 1987 c. 4.