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The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021

S.S.I. 2021/134 · Made 10 March 2021

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Environmental Protection

Made 10th March 2021

Coming into force 1st April 2021

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 88 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 96(4)f2 of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2009 asp 12.

f2

Section 96(4) has been modified by paragraph 5 of schedule 3 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Scotland) Regulations 2014
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 and come into force on 1 April 2021.

2Amendment of the Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Scotland) Regulations 2014

In regulation 6(2) of the Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Scotland) Regulations 2014f1, for “5” substitute “10”.

Signature

BEN MACPHERSON

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

10th March 2021

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Scotland) Regulations 2014.

Regulation 2 makes provision for the minimum amount that a supplier must charge for a single use carrier bag to be increased from 5 pence to 10 pence.

A Business Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared and placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Copies can be obtained from the Scottish Government Environmental Quality Division, Area 1-D North, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ, and online at www.gov.scot/ISBN/978-1-80004-538-5.