{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/single-use-carrier-bags-charge-wales-regulations-2010/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2010/2880",
  "legislation_title": "The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Wales) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/single-use-carrier-bags-charge-wales-regulations-2010",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Exemptions",
  "text": "(1) The kinds of single use carrier bags to which regulation 6 does not apply are—\n(za) bags used solely to contain one or more items of the following kinds—\n(i) unpackaged food for human or animal consumption;\n(ii) unpackaged loose seeds, bulbs, corms or rhizomes;\n(iii) any unpackaged axe, knife, knife blade or razor blade;\n(iv) unpackaged goods contaminated by soil;\n(v) items from the categories specified in sub-paragraph (2);\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(e) bags used solely to contain packaged—\n(i) uncooked fish or fish products;\n(ii) uncooked meat or meat products;\n(iii) uncooked poultry or poultry products,\nand in respect of which the maximum dimensions are 205 millimetres (“mm”) (width) x 125 mm (gusset width) x 458 mm (height inclusive of handles);\n(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(g) bags used to contain purchases made on board ships, trains, aircraft, coaches or buses;\n(h) bags used to contain purchases made in an area designated by the Secretary of State as a security restricted area under section 11A of the Aviation Security Act 1982 ;\n(i) mail order dispatch and courier bags;\n(j) bags which—\n(i) are made wholly from paper;\n(ii) have maximum dimensions of 175 mm (width) x 260 mm (height);\n(iii) do not have a gusset; and\n(iv) do not have a handle;\n(k) bags which—\n(i) are made wholly or mainly from plastic;\n(ii) have maximum dimensions of 125 mm (width) x 125 mm (height);\n(iii) do not have a gusset; and\n(iv) do not have a handle;\n(l) bags which—\n(i) are made wholly from paper;\n(ii) have maximum dimensions of 80 mm (width) x 50 mm (gusset width) x 155 mm (height); and\n(iii) do not have a handle;\n(m) gusseted liners used to line or cover boxes, crates or other containers of a similar nature;\n(n) bags used solely to contain live aquatic creatures in water;\n(o) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(p) subject to sub-paragraph (1A), bags intended to be used solely for the purpose of carrying goods purchased—\n(i) for delivery as part of a grocery delivery service; or\n(ii) for collection as part of a service that provides for collection of groceries.\n(1A) Bags falling within paragraph (p) of sub-paragraph (1) are exempted from the charge under regulation 6 only until midnight on 31 December 2020.\n(2) The specified categories are—\n(a) medicinal products or listed appliances sold in accordance with a prescription issued by a registered medical practitioner, a dentist, a supplementary prescriber, a nurse independent prescriber, an independent nurse prescriber, an optometrist independent prescriber, a pharmacist independent prescriber, a physiotherapist independent prescriber, a podiatrist or a chiropodist independent prescriber , a therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber , a paramedic independent prescriber or an EEA health professional;\n(b) where sold ...otherwise than in accordance with paragraph (a), pharmacy medicine.\n(3) In this paragraph—\n“dentist” (“deintydd”) means a person registered in the dentists register kept under section 14 of the Dentists Act 1984 ;\n“EEA health professional” (“proffesiynolyn iechyd yr AEE”) has the meaning given in regulation 213(1) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012;\n“independent nurse prescriber” (“nyrs sy'n rhagnodi'n annibynnol”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020;\n“listed appliances” (“cyfarpar rhestredig”) means listed appliances within the meaning of any of the following—\n(a)section 80 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 ;\n(b)article 63 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 ;\n(c)section 27 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 ;\n(d)section 126 of the National Health Service Act 2006 ;\n“medicinal product” (“cynnyrch meddyginiaethol”) has the meaning given in section 130 of the Medicines Act 1968;\n“paramedic independent prescriber” (“parafeddyg-ragnodydd annibynnol”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020;\n“pharmacy medicine” (“meddyginiaeth fferyllol”) has the meaning given in regulation 5(5) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012;\n“physiotherapist independent prescriber” (“ffisiotherapydd-ragnodydd annibynnol”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020;\n“podiatrist or chiropodist independent prescriber” (“podiatrydd-ragnodydd neu giropodydd-ragnodydd annibynnol”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020;\n“prescription only medicine” (“meddyginiaeth drwy bresgripsiwn yn unig”) has the meaning given in regulation 5(3) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012;\n“supplementary prescriber” (“rhagnodydd atodol”), “nurse independent prescriber” (“nyrs-ragnodydd annibynnol”), “optometrist independent prescriber” (“optometrydd-ragnodydd annibynnol”) and “pharmacist independent prescriber” (“fferyllydd-ragnodydd annibynnol”) each have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in regulation 8(1) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012;\n“therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber” (“radiograffydd therapiwtig-ragnodydd annibynnol”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020;\n“unpackaged” (“heb ei becynnu”) means wholly or partly unwrapped.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(za) inserted (1.10.2011) by The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2184), regs. 1(2), 8(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(a)-(d) (f) omitted (1.10.2011) by virtue of The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2184), regs. 1(2), 8(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(i) substituted (1.10.2011) by The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2184), regs. 1(2), 8(1)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(o) omitted (1.10.2011) by virtue of The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2184), regs. 1(2), 8(1)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(p) inserted (9.4.2020) by The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/414), regs. 1(2), 3(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1(1A) inserted (9.4.2020) by The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/414), regs. 1(2), 3(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(1A) substituted (9.7.2020) by The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/593), regs. 1(2), 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1(2)(a) substituted (24.9.2014) by The National Health Service (Physiotherapist, Podiatrist or Chiropodist Independent Prescribers) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2291), regs. 1(1), 5(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(2)(a) inserted (9.1.2017) by The National Health Service (Therapeutic Radiographer Independent Prescriber and Dietitian Supplementary Prescriber) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1221), regs. 1, 5(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(2)(a) inserted (22.2.2019) by The National Health Service (Paramedic Independent Prescriber and Paramedic Supplementary Prescriber) (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/149), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(2)(b) omitted (1.10.2011) by virtue of The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2184), regs. 1(2), 8(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1(3) substituted (14.8.2012) by The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1916), reg. 1(2), Sch. 34 para. 101(a) (with Sch. 32)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(3) substituted (1.10.2020) by The National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1073), reg. 1(2), Sch. 8 para. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(3) inserted (22.2.2019) by The National Health Service (Paramedic Independent Prescriber and Paramedic Supplementary Prescriber) (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/149), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1(3) substituted (14.8.2012) by The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1916), reg. 1(2), Sch. 34 para. 101(b) (with Sch. 32)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F16",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(3) inserted (24.9.2014) by The National Health Service (Physiotherapist, Podiatrist or Chiropodist Independent Prescribers) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2291), regs. 1(1), 5(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F17",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1(3) substituted (14.8.2012) by The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1916), reg. 1(2), Sch. 34 para. 101(c) (with Sch. 32)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F18",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1(3) substituted (14.8.2012) by The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1916), reg. 1(2), Sch. 34 para. 101(d) (with Sch. 32)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F19",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(3) inserted (9.1.2017) by The National Health Service (Therapeutic Radiographer Independent Prescriber and Dietitian Supplementary Prescriber) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1221), regs. 1, 5(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1982 c. 36; section 11A was inserted by the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990 (c. 31), Schedule 1, paragraph 3; and amended by S.I. 2010/902, regulations 3 and 9(b)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1984 c. 24; section 14 was substituted by S.I. 2005/2011, articles 2(1) and 6; and amended by S.I. 2007/3101, regulations 109 and 111."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "S.I. 2008/1692, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "S.I. 1992/662; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2003/2624 (W. 252), S.I. 2007/205 (W. 19) and S.I. 2010/1647 (W.155)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "2006 c. 42."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M6",
      "text": "S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14), amended by 1978/1907 (N.I. 26); there are other amendments but none is relevant."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M7",
      "text": "1978 c. 29; there are amendments to section 27 which are not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M8",
      "text": "2006 c. 41."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M9",
      "text": "1968 c. 67; section 130 was amended by S.I. 1994/3119, regulation 2(b); and S.I. 2005/50, regulation 25(1)(c) and (d); there are other amendments but none is relevant."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M10",
      "text": "S.I. 1997/1830; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2003/696. S.I. 2004/1771, S.I. 2005/765, S.I. 2006/915, S.I. 2010/1621."
    }
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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."
}