The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021

Made: 10th March 2021

Coming into force: 1st April 2021

In accordance with section 96(4)[^f00002] of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Citation and commencement

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 and come into force on 1 April 2021.

Amendment of the Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Scotland) Regulations 2014

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In regulation 6(2) of the Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Scotland) Regulations 2014[^f00003], for “5” substitute “10”.

Signed

BEN MACPHERSON — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 10th March 2021

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Scotland) Regulations 2014.

Regulation 2 makes provision for the minimum amount that a supplier must charge for a single use carrier bag to be increased from 5 pence to 10 pence.

A Business Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared and placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Copies can be obtained from the Scottish Government Environmental Quality Division, Area 1-D North, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ, and online at www.gov.scot/ISBN/978-1-80004-538-5.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2009 asp 12.

[^f00002]: Section 96(4) has been modified by paragraph 5 of schedule 3 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).

[^f00003]: S.S.I. 2014/161, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.