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2025 No. 170 (C. 17)
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
The Circular Economy (Scotland) Act 2024 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2025
Made
4th June 2025
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
6th June 2025
Coming into force
1st August 2025
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 27(2) of the Circular Economy (Scotland) Act 2024(1).
Citation, commencement, and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Circular Economy (Scotland) Act 2024 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2025 and come into force on 1 August 2025.
(2) In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Circular Economy (Scotland) Act 2024.
Appointed day
2.—(1) 1 August 2025 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the table in the schedule (the subject matter of which is described in column 2 of that table).
(2) Where a purpose is specified in column 3 of the table in the schedule in relation to any provision specified in column 1 of the table in the schedule, that provision comes into force on 1 August 2025 only for that purpose.
GILLIAN MARTIN
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew's House,
Edinburgh
4th June 2025
Regulation 2
SchedulePROVISIONS OF THE ACT COMING INTO FORCE ON 1 AUGUST 2025
| Column 1 (Provisions of the Act) | Column 2 (Subject Matter) | Column 3 (Purpose) |
|---|---|---|
| Section 1 | Circular economy strategy | |
| Section 2 | Consultation on strategy | |
| Section 3 | Publication and laying of strategy | |
| Section 4 | Review of strategy | |
| Section 5 | Reporting on strategy | |
| Section 6 | Circular economy targets | |
| Section 7 | Circular economy targets: monitoring and reporting | |
| Section 8 | Circular economy targets: pre-laying procedure for first regulations | |
| Section 9 | Restrictions on the disposal of unsold consumer goods | |
| Section 12 | Removal of unlawfully deposited waste | For the purpose of making regulations only. |
| Section 14 | Householder’s duty of care | For the purpose of making regulations only. |
| Section 15 | Household waste requirements | For the purpose of making regulations only. |
| Section 18 | Littering from a vehicle | For the purpose of making regulations only. |
| Section 19 | Powers to search and seize vehicles, etc. | For the purpose of making regulations only. |
| Section 22 | Duty to make information publicly available |
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations bring provisions of the Circular Economy (Scotland) Act 2024 (“the Act”) into force.
Regulation 2(1) brings the provisions listed in the schedule into force on 1 August 2025. Regulation 2(2) provides that where a purpose is specified in the third column of the table in the schedule, the associated provision comes into force for that purpose only.
The Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 8 August 2024. Sections 26, 27 and 28 came into force on the following day.
NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT REGULATIONS
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
The following provisions of the Circular Economy (Scotland) Act 2024 have been brought into force by commencement regulations made before the date of these Regulations.
| Provisions of the Act | Date of Commencement | S.S.I. No. |
|---|---|---|
| Section 21 | 4 February 2025 | S.S.I. 2025/10 |
| Sections 10, 11, 13, 23, 24, 25 and the schedule | 1 April 2025 | S.S.I. 2025/10 |
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