{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-plastic-products-wales-act-2023/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-plastic-products-wales-act-2023/section-3.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/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Prohibited single-use plastic products: power to amend",
  "text": "(1) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations amend the Schedule—\n(a) to add a product to, or remove a product from, column 1 of the Table in paragraph 1;\n(b) to add an exemption to, or remove an exemption from, column 2 of the Table in paragraph 1, or to amend an exemption in that column;\n(c) to add a definition to, or remove a definition from, paragraph 2, or to amend a definition in that paragraph.\n(2) Before making regulations under this section the Welsh Ministers must consult—\n(a) local authorities;\n(b) the Natural Resources Body for Wales and any other person that the Welsh Ministers consider to be concerned with promoting the protection of the environment in Wales;\n(c) such persons as the Welsh Ministers consider represent the interests of producers or suppliers of single-use plastic products in Wales;\n(d) such persons as the Welsh Ministers consider represent the interests of people who have a protected characteristic within the meaning given in section 4 of the Equality Act 2010 (c. 15), and on whom the regulations may have a particular impact for that reason;\n(e) such other persons as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 3 in force at 7.6.2023, see s. 22(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2023/2/section/3",
    "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."
}