{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-plastic-products-wales-act-2023/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-plastic-products-wales-act-2023/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "asc/2023/2",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-plastic-products-wales-act-2023",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Prohibited single-use plastic products",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Act, a single-use plastic product is prohibited if—\n(a) it is a product that is listed in column 1 of the Table in paragraph 1 of the Schedule, and\n(b) no exemption in a corresponding entry in column 2 of that Table applies in respect of‍ that product.\n(2) A product that falls within subsection (1) is referred to in this Act as a “prohibited single-use plastic product”.\n(3) The Welsh Ministers must prepare and publish guidance about—\n(a) the single-use plastic products that are prohibited under this Act;\n(b) the application of any exemptions listed in column 2 of the Table in paragraph 1 of the Schedule.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 2 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 22(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 2 in force at 30.10.2023 by S.I. 2023/1149, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2023/2/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:51.849728+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."
}