{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/single-use-carrier-bags-charge-scotland-regulations-2014/schedule/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/single-use-carrier-bags-charge-scotland-regulations-2014/schedule/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2014/161",
  "legislation_title": "The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Scotland) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/single-use-carrier-bags-charge-scotland-regulations-2014",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A single use carrier bag is used for a purpose described in this paragraph if it is—\n(a) used solely to contain—\n(i) unpackaged food or feed for human or animal consumption;\n(ii) unpackaged loose seeds, bulbs, corms or rhizomes;\n(iii) unpackaged goods contaminated by soil; or\n(iv) an unpackaged axe, knife or blade;\n(b) used solely to contain—\n(i) a medicinal product, a listed appliance, or any other appliance sold or supplied in accordance with a prescription; or\n(ii) pharmacy medicine;\n(c) used solely to contain packaged uncooked fish or fish products, uncooked meat or meat products or uncooked poultry or poultry products, that has a gusset not more than 125 millimetres wide, and is not more than—\n(i) 205 millimetres wide; or\n(ii) 458 millimetres high (including any handle);\n(d) used solely to contain live aquatic creatures in water;\n(e) used to contain a purchase made on board a ship, train, aircraft, coach or bus;\n(f) used to contain a purchase made in an aerodrome security restricted area;\n(g) a mail order dispatch or courier bag; ...\n(h) a gusseted liner used to line or cover a box ; or\n(i) used to contain a purchase made in—\n(i) a prison;\n(ii) a hospital in which a person is detained, or otherwise in custody, under the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 or Part 6 or section 200 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995; or\n(iii) secure accommodation,\nwhere the bag is necessary for reasons of security, good order, discipline or safety",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in sch. para. 1(g) omitted (1.4.2015) by virtue of The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Fixed Penalty Notices and Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/159), regs. 1(1), 5(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1(i) and word inserted (1.4.2015) by The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Fixed Penalty Notices and Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/159), regs. 1(1), 5(2)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2014/161/schedule/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:34:46.765468+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."
}