http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2018/760/regulation/13The Environmental Protection (Microbeads) (Wales) Regulations 2018enENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, WALESStatute Law Database2026-03-25Expert Participation2023-02-07 These Regulations prohibit the use of microbeads as an ingredient in the manufacture of rinse-off personal care products and the sale of any such products containing microbeads (regulation 3). Breach of this prohibition is an offence (regulation 3). Definitions of “microbead” and “rinse-off personal care product” are contained in regulation 2. The prohibition on the manufacture and sale of any such products will come into force on 30th June 2018. PART 4 13 1 Guidance under section 64 of the 2008 Act relating to the use of non-compliance penalties and enforcement recovery costs must (in addition to the matters specified in section 64(2)) specify— a the circumstances in which they may not be imposed; b matters to be taken into account in determining the amount involved; and c rights of appeal. 2 In this regulation, “non-compliance penalty” has the meaning given by paragraph 24(1) of the Schedule. Reg. 13 in force at 30.6.2018, see reg. 1(2)