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Paragraph 1 Exemptions

England and Wales

(1)

The kinds of single use carrier bags to which regulation 6 does not apply are—

F1(za)

bags used solely to contain one or more items of the following kinds—

(i)

unpackaged food for human or animal consumption;

(ii)

unpackaged loose seeds, bulbs, corms or rhizomes;

(iii)

any unpackaged axe, knife, knife blade or razor blade;

(iv)

unpackaged goods contaminated by soil;

(v)

items from the categories specified in sub-paragraph (2);

F2(a)

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(b)

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(c)

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(d)

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(e)

bags used solely to contain packaged—

(i)

uncooked fish or fish products;

(ii)

uncooked meat or meat products;

(iii)

uncooked poultry or poultry products,

and in respect of which the maximum dimensions are 205 millimetres (“mm”) (width) x 125 mm (gusset width) x 458 mm (height inclusive of handles);

(f)

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(g)

bags used to contain purchases made on board ships, trains, aircraft, coaches or buses;

(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 M1;

F3(i)

mail order dispatch and courier bags;

(j)

bags which—

(i)

are made wholly from paper;

(ii)

have maximum dimensions of 175 mm (width) x 260 mm (height);

(iii)

do not have a gusset; and

(iv)

do not have a handle;

(k)

bags which—

(i)

are made wholly or mainly from plastic;

(ii)

have maximum dimensions of 125 mm (width) x 125 mm (height);

(iii)

do not have a gusset; and

(iv)

do not have a handle;

(l)

bags which—

(i)

are made wholly from paper;

(ii)

have maximum dimensions of 80 mm (width) x 50 mm (gusset width) x 155 mm (height); and

(iii)

do not have a handle;

(m)

gusseted liners used to line or cover boxes, crates or other containers of a similar nature;

(n)

bags used solely to contain live aquatic creatures in water;

F4(o)

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F5(p)

subject to sub-paragraph (1A), bags intended to be used solely for the purpose of carrying goods purchased—

(i)

for delivery as part of a grocery delivery service; or

(ii)

for collection as part of a service that provides for collection of groceries.

F6(1A)

Bags falling within paragraph (p) of sub-paragraph (1) are exempted from the charge under regulation 6 only until midnight on F731 December 2020.

(2)

The specified categories are—

F8(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 F9, a therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber F10, a paramedic independent prescriber or an EEA health professional;

(b)

where sold F11...otherwise than in accordance with paragraph (a), pharmacy medicine.

(3)

In this paragraph—

  • M2“dentist” (“deintydd”) means a person registered in the dentists register kept under section 14 of the Dentists Act 1984 ;

  • M3“EEA health professional” (“proffesiynolyn iechyd yr AEE”) has the meaning given in regulation F12213(1) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012;

  • M4“independent nurse prescriber” (“nyrs sy'n rhagnodi'n annibynnol”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the F13National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020;

  • “listed appliances” (“cyfarpar rhestredig”) means listed appliances within the meaning of any of the following—

    1. (a)

      M5section 80 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 ;

    2. (b)

      M6article 63 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 ;

    3. (c)

      M7section 27 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 ;

    4. (d)

      M8section 126 of the National Health Service Act 2006 ;

  • M9“medicinal product” (“cynnyrch meddyginiaethol”) has the meaning given in section 130 of the Medicines Act 1968;

  • F14“paramedic independent prescriber” (“parafeddyg-ragnodydd annibynnol”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020;

  • “pharmacy medicine” (“meddyginiaeth fferyllol”) F15has the meaning given in regulation 5(5) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012;

  • F16“physiotherapist independent prescriber” (“ffisiotherapydd-ragnodydd annibynnol”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020;

  • “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;

  • “prescription only medicine” (“meddyginiaeth drwy bresgripsiwn yn unig”) F17has the meaning given in regulation 5(3) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012;

  • M10“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 F18regulation 8(1) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012;

  • F19“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;

  • “unpackaged” (“heb ei becynnu”) means wholly or partly unwrapped.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

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)

F2

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)

F3

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)

F4

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)

F5

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)

F6

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)

F7

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)

F8

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)

F9

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)

F10

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)

F11

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)

F12

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)

F13

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

F14

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)

F15

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)

F16

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)

F17

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)

F18

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)

F19

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)

Marginal citations

M1

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).

M2

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.

M3

S.I. 2008/1692, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

M4

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).

M5

2006 c. 42.

M6

S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14), amended by 1978/1907 (N.I. 26); there are other amendments but none is relevant.

M7

1978 c. 29; there are amendments to section 27 which are not relevant to these Regulations.

M8

2006 c. 41.

M9

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.

M10

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.