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

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.