The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Wales) Regulations 2010

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1.—(1) The kinds of single use carrier bags to which regulation 6 does not apply are—

[F1(za)bags used solely to contain one or more items of the following kinds—

(i)unpackaged food for human or animal consumption;

(ii)unpackaged loose seeds, bulbs, corms or rhizomes;

(iii)any unpackaged axe, knife, knife blade or razor blade;

(iv)unpackaged goods contaminated by soil;

(v)items from the categories specified in sub-paragraph (2);]

F2(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e)bags used solely to contain packaged—

(i)uncooked fish or fish products;

(ii)uncooked meat or meat products;

(iii)uncooked poultry or poultry products,

and in respect of which the maximum dimensions are 205 millimetres (“mm”) (width) x 125 mm (gusset width) x 458 mm (height inclusive of handles);

F2(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(g)bags used to contain purchases made on board ships, trains, aircraft, coaches or buses;

(h)bags used to contain purchases made in an area designated by the Secretary of State as a security restricted area under section 11A of the Aviation Security Act 1982 M1;

[F3(i)mail order dispatch and courier bags;]

(j)bags which—

(i)are made wholly from paper;

(ii)have maximum dimensions of 175 mm (width) x 260 mm (height);

(iii)do not have a gusset; and

(iv)do not have a handle;

(k)bags which—

(i)are made wholly or mainly from plastic;

(ii)have maximum dimensions of 125 mm (width) x 125 mm (height);

(iii)do not have a gusset; and

(iv)do not have a handle;

(l)bags which—

(i)are made wholly from paper;

(ii)have maximum dimensions of 80 mm (width) x 50 mm (gusset width) x 155 mm (height); and

(iii)do not have a handle;

(m)gusseted liners used to line or cover boxes, crates or other containers of a similar nature;

(n)bags used solely to contain live aquatic creatures in water;

F4(o). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F5(p)subject to sub-paragraph (1A), bags intended to be used solely for the purpose of carrying goods purchased—

(i)for delivery as part of a grocery delivery service; or

(ii)for collection as part of a service that provides for collection of groceries.]

[F6(1A) Bags falling within paragraph (p) of sub-paragraph (1) are exempted from the charge under regulation 6 only until midnight on [F731 December 2020].]

(2) The specified categories are—

[F8(a)medicinal products or listed appliances sold in accordance with a prescription issued by a registered medical practitioner, a dentist, a supplementary prescriber, a nurse independent prescriber, an independent nurse prescriber, an optometrist independent prescriber, a pharmacist independent prescriber, a physiotherapist independent prescriber, a podiatrist or a chiropodist independent prescriber [F9, a therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber] [F10, a paramedic independent prescriber] or an EEA health professional;]

(b)where sold F11...otherwise than in accordance with paragraph (a), pharmacy medicine.

(3) In this paragraph—

M2“dentist” (“deintydd”) means a person registered in the dentists register kept under section 14 of the Dentists Act 1984 ;

M3“EEA health professional” (“proffesiynolyn iechyd yr AEE”) has the meaning given in regulation [F12213(1) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012];

M4“independent nurse prescriber” (“nyrs sy'n rhagnodi'n annibynnol”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the [F13National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020];

“listed appliances” (“cyfarpar rhestredig”) means listed appliances within the meaning of any of the following—

(a)

M5section 80 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006 ;

(b)

M6article 63 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 ;

(c)

M7section 27 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 ;

(d)

M8section 126 of the National Health Service Act 2006 ;

M9“medicinal product” (“cynnyrch meddyginiaethol”) has the meaning given in section 130 of the Medicines Act 1968;

[F14“paramedic independent prescriber” (“parafeddyg-ragnodydd annibynnol”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the [F13National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020];]

“pharmacy medicine” (“meddyginiaeth fferyllol”) [F15has the meaning given in regulation 5(5) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012;]

[F16“physiotherapist independent prescriber” (“ffisiotherapydd-ragnodydd annibynnol”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the [F13National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020];]

[F16“podiatrist or chiropodist independent prescriber” (“podiatrydd-ragnodydd neu giropodydd-ragnodydd annibynnol”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the [F13National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020];]

“prescription only medicine” (“meddyginiaeth drwy bresgripsiwn yn unig”) [F17has the meaning given in regulation 5(3) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012;]

M10“supplementary prescriber” (“rhagnodydd atodol”), “nurse independent prescriber” (“nyrs-ragnodydd annibynnol”), “optometrist independent prescriber” (“optometrydd-ragnodydd annibynnol”) and “pharmacist independent prescriber” (“fferyllydd-ragnodydd annibynnol”) each have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in [F18regulation 8(1) of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012];

[F19“therapeutic radiographer independent prescriber” (“radiograffydd therapiwtig-ragnodydd annibynnol”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the [F13National Health Service (Pharmaceutical Services) (Wales) Regulations 2020];]

“unpackaged” (“heb ei becynnu”) means wholly or partly unwrapped.

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(za) inserted (1.10.2011) by The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2184), regs. 1(2), 8(1)(a)

F2Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(a)-(d) (f) omitted (1.10.2011) by virtue of The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2184), regs. 1(2), 8(1)(b)

F3Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(i) substituted (1.10.2011) by The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2184), regs. 1(2), 8(1)(c)

F4Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(o) omitted (1.10.2011) by virtue of The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2184), regs. 1(2), 8(1)(d)

F5Sch. 1 para. 1(1)(p) inserted (9.4.2020) by The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/414), regs. 1(2), 3(a)

F6Sch. 1 para. 1(1A) inserted (9.4.2020) by The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/414), regs. 1(2), 3(b)

F7Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(1A) substituted (9.7.2020) by The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/593), regs. 1(2), 2(2)

F8Sch. 1 para. 1(2)(a) substituted (24.9.2014) by The National Health Service (Physiotherapist, Podiatrist or Chiropodist Independent Prescribers) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2291), regs. 1(1), 5(2)

F9Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(2)(a) inserted (9.1.2017) by The National Health Service (Therapeutic Radiographer Independent Prescriber and Dietitian Supplementary Prescriber) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/1221), regs. 1, 5(2)

F10Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(2)(a) inserted (22.2.2019) by The National Health Service (Paramedic Independent Prescriber and Paramedic Supplementary Prescriber) (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/149), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(a)