The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Scotland) Regulations 2021
| Jurisdiction | Scotland |
| Citation | SSI 2021/410 |
| Year | 2021 |
S C O T T I S H S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S
2021 No. 410
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
The Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products)
(Scotland) Regulations 2021
Made - - - - 9th November 2021
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 11th November 2021
Coming into force - - 1st June 2022
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by
and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 140(6) of that Act(b), they have published notices in the London
Gazette and in the Edinburgh Gazette and have considered the representations made to them in
accordance with those notices.
PART 1
Introduction
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic
Products) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 1 June 2022.
(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations—
“authorised purpose” means the purpose of determining whether an offence under regulation
3(1), (2) or (3), 4(1), or 5(1) has been or is being committed,
“catering establishment” has the meaning given in regulation 8(3),
“end-user” means any person to whom a product is supplied, other than—
(a) for the purpose of supplying it, in the course of a business, to another person, or
(a) 1990 c. 43. Section 140(3)(c) was amended by S.I. 1999/1108. The functions of the Secretary of State under section 140,
insofar as exercisable within devolved competence, were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the
(b) The requirement to consult the Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances, formerly established under section 140(5) of
the Environmental Protection Act 1990, was removed by S.I. 2012/1923.
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