{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/single-use-carrier-bags-charges-england-order-2015/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/single-use-carrier-bags-charges-england-order-2015/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/776",
  "legislation_title": "The Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/single-use-carrier-bags-charges-england-order-2015",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“breach” has the meaning given in article 6;\n“enforcement costs recovery notice” has the meaning given in article 12(1);\n“lightweight plastic material” means synthetic or semi-synthetic material made from polyamide, polyethylene, polylactic acid, polyvinyl chloride or other polymer, or any combination of polymers, the thickness of which is not greater than 70 microns;\n“non-compliance penalty notice” has the meaning given in paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 7;\n“record” means a record required to be kept in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 3;\n\"reporting year\" has the meaning given in paragraph 3 of Schedule 3;\n“seller”—\n(a)for the purposes of Schedule 3, has the meaning given in Schedule 1;\n(b)otherwise, means a person who sells goods;\n“single use carrier bag” has the meaning given in Schedule 2;\n“SUCB” means a single use carrier bag;\n“VAT” has the meaning given in section 96 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 substituted (21.5.2021) by The Single Use Carrier Bags Charges (England) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/598), arts. 1(2), 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1994 c.23."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/776/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:41:40.062330+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."
}