SCHEDULE 9 Charges for Single Use Items
Environment Act 2021 (2021 c 30) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 9 Charges for Single Use Items

Section 55

General power

1

(1)     The relevant national authority may by regulations make provision about charging by sellers of goods or services for items specified in the regulations.

(2)     Regulations made by the Secretary of State or the Welsh Ministers may specify only items which—

(a)     are single use items, and

(b)     are supplied in connection with goods or services.

(3)     Regulations made by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland may specify only items which—

(a)     are single use items,

(b)     are made wholly or partly of plastic, and

(c)     are supplied in connection with goods or services.

(4)     A “single use item†is a manufactured item which is likely to be used only once, or used only for a short period of time, before being disposed of.

(5)     An item is supplied in connection with goods or services if it is supplied—

(a)     at the place the goods or services are sold or provided, for the purpose of enabling the goods to be taken away, used or consumed, or enabling the services to be received, or

(b)     for the purpose of enabling

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