# The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations are made under powers in the Climate Change Act 2008 and make amendments to the Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Wales) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2880 (W. 238)) (“the 2010 Regulations”).
The 2010 Regulations, subject to certain exemptions, require sellers of goods who supply single use carrier bags for the purpose of allowing those goods to be carried away or delivered, to make a charge for each such bag supplied.
Regulation 3 of these Regulations, amends Schedule 1 (Exemptions), to the 2010 Regulations, by inserting a new provision to exempt bags used to carry goods purchased for delivery as part of a grocery delivery service, or for collection as part of a service that provides for collection of groceries, from the charge. The operation of the new exemption is made subject to a three month time limit.
The purpose of the temporary exemption is to increase efficiency of delivery systems, and to mitigate as far as possible, the risk of transmission of the COVID-19 virus (coronavirus), through delivery and collection systems, by the use of single use carrier bags to carry goods.
The emergency nature of the instrument means it has not been possible to prepare a Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment. The needs of business and, in particular, the retail sector have, however, closely informed the preparation of these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2020/414/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/single-use-carrier-bags-charge-wales-amendment-regulations-2020/note
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