Scottish Statutory Instruments
2021 No. 53
Environmental Protection
The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021
Made 28th January 2021
Coming into force 29th January 2021

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 88 and 96(2) of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
2009 asp 12.
In accordance with section 96(4) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
Section 96(4) has been modified by paragraph 5 of schedule 3 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).

Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.

Amendment of the Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Scotland) Regulations 2014
2. In regulation 7(2) of the Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Scotland) Regulations 2014 for “3 October 2020” substitute “31 May 2021”.
S.S.I. 2014/161. Regulation 7 was amended by S.S.I. 2020/118.
BEN MACPHERSON
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
28th January 2021

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (“the 2014 Regulations”).
Regulation 2(1) amends regulation 7(2) of the 2014 Regulations by replacing the date on which the provision ceases to have effect with 31 May 2021. The exemption to the requirement to charge for the supply of a single use carrier bag in regulation 7(2) had ceased to have effect on 3 October 2020. The amendment to regulation 7(2) means that, from the coming into force of these Regulations until 0001 hours on 31 May 2021, the requirement to charge in regulation 6 of the 2014 Regulations does not apply in relation to the supply of a single use carrier bag if the bag is used for a purpose described in paragraph 1A of the schedule of the 2014 Regulations.
The urgent nature of the instrument means it has not been possible to prepare a Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment.