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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-plastic-products-wet-wipes-wales-regulations-2025/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2025/716",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wet Wipes) (Wales) Regulations 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-single-use-plastic-products-wet-wipes-wales-regulations-2025",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Wales) Act 2023 (“the Act”). They are made under powers conferred by section 3(1)(a), (b) and (c) of the Act.\nRegulation 2 adds “wet wipes” to the list of prohibited single-use plastic products in column 1 of the table at paragraph 1 of the Schedule to the Act. This amendment makes a wet wipe that meets the definition of a single-use plastic product a prohibited single-use plastic product for the purposes of the Act.\nRegulation 2 also provides for an exemption to the prohibition, by amending column 2 of the table at paragraph 1 of the Schedule to the Act. The exemption applies to single-use wet wipes that contain plastic that are designed or manufactured to be used in connection with medical care or treatment.\nRegulation 3 adds the definitions of “wet wipe”, “medical” and “treatment” to paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Act, for the purpose of the table at paragraph 1 of the Schedule.\nThe Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, a regulatory impact assessment has been prepared as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations. A copy can be obtained from the Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2025/716/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:57:25.767552+00:00"
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  "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."
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