{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-plastic-products-wales-act-2023/section-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-plastic-products-wales-act-2023/section-20.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/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Act–\n“authorised officer of a local authority” (“swyddog awdurdodedig awdurdod lleol”) has the meaning given in section 7(2);\n“carrier bag” (“bag siopa”)‍ has the meaning given in paragraph 2 of the Schedule;\n“consumer” has the meaning given in section 5(11);\n“local authority” (“awdurdod lleol”) means a county council or county borough council for an area in Wales;\n“partnership” (“partneriaeth”) means—\n(a) a partnership within the Partnership Act 1890 (c. 39), or\n(b) a limited partnership registered under the Limited Partnerships Act 1907 (c. 24);\n“plastic” (“plastig”) has the meaning given in section 1(4);\n“plastic product” (“cynnyrch plastig”) has the meaning given in section 1(2);\n“prohibited single-use plastic product” (“cynnyrch plastig untro gwaharddedig”) has the meaning given in section 2(2);\n“single-use” (“untro”), in relation to a plastic product, has the meaning given in section 1(3).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 20 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 22(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 20 in force at 30.10.2023 by S.I. 2023/1149, art. 2(q)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2023/2/section/20",
    "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."
}