{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-wet-wipes-containing-plastic-scotland-regulations-2026/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-wet-wipes-containing-plastic-scotland-regulations-2026/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2026/75",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Protection (Wet Wipes Containing Plastic) (Scotland) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-protection-wet-wipes-containing-plastic-scotland-regulations-2026",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Environmental Protection\nMade 10th February 2026\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 12th February 2026\nComing into force 11th August 2027\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 140(1)(c), (2), (3)(c) and (d), (9) and (10A) to (10D) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 140(6) of that Act, they have published notices in the London Gazette and in the Edinburgh Gazette and have considered the representations made to them in accordance with those notices.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1990 c. 43. Section 140(3)(c) was amended by S.I. 1999/1108. Section 140(10A) to (10D) was inserted by section 21(2) of the Circular Economy (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 13). The functions of the Secretary of State under section 140, insofar as exercisable within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 140(6) was amended by S.I. 2012/1923."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2026/75/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:31:23.920023+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."
}