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

Draft Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 96(4) of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Draft Scottish Statutory Instruments

2021 No.

Environmental Protection

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

Made

2021

Coming into force

1st April 2021

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 88 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 96(4)(2) 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

2.  In regulation 6(2) of the Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Scotland) Regulations 2014(3), for “5” substitute “10”.

Name

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

Date

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

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.

(1)

2009 asp 12.

(2)

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

(3)

S.S.I. 2014/161, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.